Gods and Fighting Men

Gods and Fighting Men

Author: Lady Gregory

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2011-12-03

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9781468020489

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Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. A few months ago I was on the bare Hill of Allen, "wide Almhuin of Leinster," where Finn and the Fianna lived, according to the stories, although there are no earthen mounds there like those that mark the sites of old buildings on so many hills. A hot sun beat down upon flowering gorse and flowerless heather; and on every side except the east, where there were green trees and distant hills, one saw a level horizon and brown boglands with a few green places and here and there the glitter of water. One could imagine that had it been twilight and not early afternoon, and had there been vapours drifting and frothing where there were now but shadows of clouds, it would have set stirring in one, as few places even in Ireland can, a thought that is peculiar to Celtic romance, as I think, a thought of a mystery coming not as with Gothic nations out of the pressure of darkness, but out of great spaces and windy light. The hill of Teamhair, or Tara, as it is now called, with its green mounds and its partly wooded sides, and its more gradual slope set among fat grazing lands, with great trees in the hedgerows, had brought before one imaginations, not of heroes who were in their youth for hundreds of years, or of women who came to them in the likeness of hunted fawns, but of kings that lived brief and politic lives, and of the five white roads that carried their armies to the lesser kingdoms of Ireland, or brought to the great fair that had given Teamhair its sovereignty, all that sought justice or pleasure or had goods to barter.


Early Irish Myths and Sagas

Early Irish Myths and Sagas

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Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 1981-09-17

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0141934816

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First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cu Chulaind, to the stunning 'Exile of the Sons of Uisliu' - a tale of treachery, honour and romance - these are masterpieces of passion and vitality, and form the foundation for the Irish literary tradition: a mythic legacy that was a powerful influence on the work of Yeats, Synge and Joyce.


The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology

The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology

Author: United Irishman

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-09

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781297609244

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The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology... - Primary Source Edition

The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology... - Primary Source Edition

Author: Henry Arbois De Jubainville

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781294867883

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Irish Mythological Cycle And Celtic Mythology Henry Arbois de Jubainville, United Irishman Richard Irvine Best O'Donoghue, 1903 Body, Mind & Spirit; Spirituality; Celtic; Body, Mind & Spirit / Spirituality / Celtic; Epic literature, Irish; Mythology, Celtic; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology; Tuatha de Danann


The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology

The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology

Author: Henry Arbois De Jubainville

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9781230361284

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V.--Emigration of Nemed and the Slaughter of Conan's Tower. I. Origin of Nemed. Hit Arrival in Ireland. Nennius, who had never heard either of Cessair or of Fintan, begins the history of Ireland with the legend of Partholon, setting out with these words: "The Scots came into Ireland from Spain." Partholon, according to him, was the first of these Scots to come into Ireland out of Spain; and after giving some details, already mentioned, upon Partholon, Nennius continues as follows: "The second to come into Ireland was Nimeth, son of a certain Agnoman, who, they say, voyaged over the sea for a year and a half, and then, having suffered shipwreck, took harbour in Ireland. He remained there many years, then, putting to sea again, returned into Spain with his fellows." The word Spain in this text is a learned translation of the Irish words mag mor, "great plain" (1); tray mar, "great strand;" mag meld, " pleasant plain," by which the Irish pagans designated the Land of the Dead, the place whence the living originally came, and their final abode. For these mythological expressions, which testify to the beliefs held in the most primitive ages, Christian euhemerism substituted the name of Spain. The legend of Tuan Mac Cairill leaves no room for doubt on this point: "The number of Nemed's company increased until there were four thousand and thirty men of them and four thousand and thirty women. Then they all died" (2). They all died: that is what an ancient redaction, now lost, rendered as: "They set sail for the Great Plain, for the Great Strand, or the Pleasant Plain," a formula in which Nennius sees indications of a return into Spain. In most of the Irish texts the legend of Nemed is more fully developed than in Nennius or in the brief...