The male ruler of Ireland's fairy folk appears in many guises throughout folklore including the benevolent Finvarra and the ...

The superior Secrets of the World multicultural storytelling series adds another excellent volume with this collection of tales from Ireland. Venerable storyteller and folklorist Lenihan sets an ...

Curated by University of Colorado Boulder students under the direction of Sean Babbs (Instruction Coordinator for the Libraries' Rare and Distinctive Collections) and Suzanne Magnanini (Associate ...

Divided into four categories—“Tricksters,” “The Sea,” “Quests,” and “Romance”—the 16 tales that make up this handsomely designed collection are adapted from sources originally published between 1888 ...

Unfortunately, such is the fate of the collection of Irish folktales that has been smooshed into The King of Ireland’s Son by Canadian playwright Paula Wing. Commissioned to write a piece based on a ...

Race And The Development Of The European Fairy Tale, Literature Professor Kimberly Lau reveals how “innocent” stories often ...

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Randee Dawn shares how a book of folk tales by W.B. Yeats was a "lightbulb moment" for her, and helped her ill grandfather DFlux Photography, LLC; CAEZIK SF & ...

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It was the 1990s, and Pop-Pop was dying. Pop-Pop was my grandfather, wrestling with late-stage diabetes, and he didn't have long to live. This news hit me hard; I'd appointed him years earlier as the ...