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Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin

Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin HB DJ

Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin. Hardbound with dust jacket. Weathervane Books, publisher. 1975. 5 3/4 by 8 1/4 inches. 345 pages. Location: Shelf 101C

This book is in very good condition. There is some minor edge wear. There is some minor corner Bumping. The binding is tight with no loose or missing pages. The dust jacket is also in very good condition.

Here is the blurb from the dust jacket:

First published 1890

The twenty myth tales included in this volume were collected by the author in Kerry, Galway and Donegal in 1887. The author, an American, feared on his arrival in Ireland that many of the myths had disappeared but soon discovered the close relationship between the speaking of Gaelic and the myth.

Where the speaking of Gaelic had disappeared, so had the myths, and thus all the tales included in this volume were collected from Gaelic speakers.

The Irish are in many ways a conservative race, and because of this we find the tales better preserved than almost anywhere else in Europe. A notable characteristic of the Irish tale is its precision of names and places.

As the author states in his introduction, myths appeal to three classes of people. The first are attracted by the wonderful story and the way it is told, the second by the social data preserved, which can be used for comparison purposes, and for the third the amount of myth material contained is the important factor.

These differing interests, and many others, are catered for in this absorbing volume.

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