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Author: Jean Markale
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Published: 2000-06
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780892818150
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome of the most powerfully moving tales in Western literature are found in the epics of Celtic Ireland. In this collection, Markale restores these texts to their original form and reveals how deeply these mythic tales have shaped modern thought.
Author: Henry Arbois de Jubainville
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 266
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Liam MacUistin
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780862782382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe most famous Irish legend of all in an exciting and easily understood version. Tells of the great battle between the warrior Cúchulainn and his friend, Ferdia.
Author: H. D'Arbois De Jubainville
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 2014-03
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781497834941
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Is A New Release Of The Original 1903 Edition.
Author: Peter Lamborn Wilson
Publisher: City Lights Books
Published: 2021-10-20
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 0872868915
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Rig Veda, written in India about 1500BC, praises a holy plant called Soma, which is sacrificed and consumed, granting the drinker an experience of enlightenment and ecstasy. The late Gordon Wasson identified Soma as a "magic mushroom," Amanita muscaria, and he and his followers discovered that such Indo-Europeans as the ancient Greeks, Iranians and Norse had also used a Soma-type plant. In Ploughing the Clouds Peter Lamborn Wilson investigates the probability of a Soma cult in ancient Ireland, tracing clues in Irish (and other Celtic) lore. By comparing Celtic folktales, romances, epics and topographic lore with the Rig Veda, he uncovers the Irish branch of the great Indo-European tradition of psychedelic (or "entheogenic") shamanism, and even reconstructs some of its secret rituals. He uses this comparative material to illuminate the deep meaning of the Soma-function in all cultures: the entheogenic origin of "poetic frenzy," the link between intoxication and inspiration.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 0192803735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Táin Bó Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's greatest epic. It tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, queen and king of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cuailnge. The hero of the tale is Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, who resists the invaders single-handed while Ulster's warriors lie sick. Thomas Kinsella presents a complete and living version of the story. His translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts, with eleme...
Author: Kenneth Jackson
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2006-04-27
Total Pages: 570
ISBN-13: 0141935235
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncluding works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Celtic Miscellany offers a rich blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people. It is a literature dominated by a deep sense of wonder, wild inventiveness and a profound sense of the uncanny, in which the natural world and the power of the individual spirit are celebrated with astonishing imaginative force. Skifully arranged by theme, from the hero-tales of Cú Chulainn, Bardic poetry and elegies, to the sensitive and intimate writings of early Celtic Christianity, this anthology provides a fascinating insight into a deeply creative literary tradition.
Author: Eoin Neeson
Publisher: Prestige Publications
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe complete narrative of the majestic epic - of which the Tain Bo Cuailgne is the centrepiece- presented in graphic and modern prose. The author also provides an Introduction outlining some of the difficulties involved and an Addendum describing some aspects of Iron Age Ireland in which the epic is set.
Author: Joseph Dunn
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Published: 1914
Total Pages: 434
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Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 1981-09-17
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0141934816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst 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.
