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Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland
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Twenty folk tales representing hundreds of years of the collective Irish imagination transport readers to a world where everything is alive and anything can happen! Vivid descriptions of battles with giants, dead men who come back to life, humans imprisoned in animals' bodies, heroes with incredible strength, and more.
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Table of contents
- DOVER FAIRY TALE BOOKS
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- THE SON OF THE KING OF ERIN AND THE GIANT OF LOCH LĂIN.
- THE THREE DAUGHTERS OF KING OâHARA.
- THE WEAVERâS SON AND THE GIANT OF THE WHITE HILL.
- FAIR, BROWN, AND TREMBLING.
- THE KING OF ERIN AND THE QUEEN OF THE LONESOME ISLAND.
- THE SHEE AN GANNON AND THE GRUAGACH GAIRE.
- THE THREE DAUGHTERS OF THE KING OF THE EAST, AND THE SON OF A KING IN ERIN.
- THE FISHERMANâS SON AND THE GRUAGACH OF TRICKS.
- THE THIRTEENTH SON OF THE KING OF ERIN.
- KIL ARTHUR.
- SHAKING-HEAD.
- BIRTH OF FIN MACCUMHAIL.
- FIN MACCUMHAIL AND THE FENIANS OF ERIN IN THE CASTLE OF FEAR DUBH.
- FIN MACCUMHAIL AND THE KNIGHT OF THE FULL AXE.
- GILLA NA GRAKIN AND FIN MACCUMHAIL.
- FIN MACCUMHAIL.
- BLACK, BROWN, AND GRAY.
- FIN MACCUMHAIL AND THE SON OF THE KING OF ALBA.
- CUCĂLIN.
- OISIN IN TIR NA NâOG.
- NOTES.
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