"O grandson of Conn, O Cormac," said Carbre, "what do you deem the worst thing you have seen?""Not hard to tell," said Cormac, "Faces of foes in a battle-field."Cormac Mac Airt, a third-century high king of Ireland, ruled during a time of prosperity and is revered for his wisdom and generosity. This set of his instructions, presented in a highly poetic question-and-answer dialogue between the king and his son, offers advice on how to live an honest, respectable, and...

Anonymous' "The Voyage of Bran" is a timeless piece of Irish literature that delves into the rich mythological landscape of ancient Ireland. The book follows the protagonist Bran on a fantastical journey to the Otherworld, where he encounters strange beings and embarks on a series of epic adventures. The lyrical prose and vivid imagery used in the book transport readers to a mystical realm where reality and fantasy blur, drawing upon the oral storytelling traditions of the Celtic people. T...

The Voyage of Bran is an intriguing example of early medieval Irish literature, combining elements of mythology, adventure, and spiritual exploration within a finely wrought narrative. Written likely in the 8th or 9th century, it tells the story of Bran mac Febail, a hero who embarks on a mystical journey across the sea, guided by fairy realms and encounters with supernatural beings. The text showcases the grandeur of Old Irish prose, rich in alliteration and vivid imagery, reflecting a cu...

Kuno Meyer (20 December 1858 11 October 1919) was born in Germany, but was a distinguished Celtic scholar, whose translations of the ancient Celtic manuscripts were cited by Lady Augusta Gregory, William Butler Yeats, and other members of the Irish Literary Revival of the early 20th century. This is Kuno Meyer's translation of the old Irish saga, the Voyage of Bran. One day, while walking, Bran is lulled to sleep by beautiful music. When he awakens, he finds a beautiful silver branch next ...

The Voyage of Branby Meyer KunoOld Irish saga of a voyage to the pagan Celtic otherworld, with parallel English and Gaelic.This is Kuno Meyer's translation of the old Irish saga, the Voyage of Bran. In this magical odyssey to the limits of reality, Bran takes a characteristically time-dilated journey to a distant isle of luxury. On return, he learns that ages have passed and he and his expedition have already passed into myth. He can never again touch the soil of his...

The Voyage of Bran is a classic old Irish saga translated by Kuno Meyer, a Celtic scholar. This version includes a table of contents.

This edition features• a linked Table of Contents and linked FootnotesWilliam Butler Yeats was a pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, utilizing the latest research from the Oxford Languages team to source them. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, broadening the cultural range of the proverbs selected, and covering sayings of international origins. With a strong emphasis on concisely explaining the meaning of the proverbs described, the dictionary also provides additional examples of usage, and inclu...

This is one of the most sought after and enigmatic texts about Celtic fairies. Written by a Scottish clergyman, Robert Kirk, in 1691, and not committed to print until the early 19th century, The Secret Commonwealth is an unusually sympathetic account of the denizens of fairyland, and a complex of still mysterious extrasensory phenomena including poltergeists, clairvoyance and doppelgangers (here called 'co-walkers'). ----John Bruno HareWith original illustrations by Anne N'Toko.

Collection of Celtic Folklore Of WalesImportant collections of Celtic folklore and one of the most important collections of Welsh folkand fairy legend, including many stories of fairy women who become wives and lovers. Many of these are from the lakes of Wales. John Rhys collected these tales from the Welsh speaking people. Their relationship to the Medieval manuscript material such as the Mabinogion and the Arthurian romances is amazing. The Lady of the Lake is a sister to ...

Written by King James I and published in 1597, the original edition of Demonology is widely regarded as one of the most interesting and controversial religious writings in history, yet because it is written in the language of its day, it has been notoriously difficult to understand.Now occult scholar Donald Tyson has modernized and annotated the original text, making this historically important work accessible to contemporary readers. Also deciphered here, for the first ti...

The tract, of which the reader now knows the history, is a little volume of somewhat singular character. Written in 1691 by the Rev. Robert Kirk, minister of Aberfoyle, it is a kind of metaphysic of the Fairy world. Having lived through the period of the sufferings of the Kirk, the author might have been expected either to neglect Fairyland altogether, or to regard it as a mere appanage of Satan’s kingdom—a “burning question” indeed, for some of the witches who suffered at Presbyterian han...