Early Irish Myths and Sagas
by:
Jeffrey Gantz (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780880290388 (0880290382)
Publish date: January 1st 1986
Publisher: Marboro Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Irish Literature,
Medieval,
Ireland,
Short Stories,
Mythology,
Folklore
This is a fun collection of Irish pagan Celtic tales translated from the original. Readers unfamiliar with this type of material will probably be struck by the lack of care for modern narrative rules. Those who have read similar tales elsewhere will be familiar with the differing conventions, such a...
This is a hard book to rate. The stories contained with in it are often poorly written and confused, but this is not really the translator's fault. Instead, what we have here are traditional myths and folktales that have been written down very poorly by people of no talent and indifferent commitme...
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this collection of tales from Irish Myths as put together by Jeffrey Gantz. I found the introductions really helpful, too.
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