The Celtic Twilight Faerie and Folklore

by Yeats, W. B.

• ISBN13: 9780486436579
• ISBN10: 0486436578
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-07
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Rooted in myth, occult mysteries, and belief in magic, these stories are populated by a lively cast of sorcerers, fairies, ghosts, and nature spirits. The great Irish poet heard these enchanting, mystical tales from Irish peasants, and the stories' anthropologic significance is matched by their timeless entertainment value.

Table of Contents

This Book	p. 1
A Teller of Tales	p. 3
Belief and Unbelief	p. 5
Mortal Help	p. 7
A Visionary	p. 9
Village Ghosts	p. 13
"Dust Hath Closed Helen's Eye"	p. 19
A Knight of the Sheep	p. 26
An Enduring Heart	p. 29
The Sorcerers	p. 31
The Devil	p. 35
Happy and Unhappy Theologians	p. 36
The Last Gleeman	p. 40
Regina, Regina Pigmeorum, Veni	p. 46
"And Fair, Fierce Women"	p. 49
Enchanted Woods	p. 51
Miraculous Creatures	p. 55
Aristotle of the Books	p. 57
The Swine of the Gods	p. 58
A Voice	p. 59
Kidnappers	p. 60
The Untiring Ones	p. 66
Earth, Fire and Water	p. 69
The Old Town	p. 70
The Man and His Boots	p. 72
A Coward	p. 73
The Three O'Byrnes and the Evil Faeries	p. 74
Drumcliff and Rosses	p. 76
The Thick Skull of the Fortunate	p. 82
The Religion of a Sailor	p. 84
Concerning the Nearness Together of Heaven, Earth, and Purgatory	p. 85
The Eaters of Precious Stones	p. 86
Our Lady of the Hills	p. 87
The Golden Age	p. 89
A Remonstrance with Scotsmen for Having Soured the Disposition of Their Ghosts and Faeries	p. 91
War	p. 94
The Queen and the Fool	p. 96
The Friends of the People of Faery	p. 100
Dreams That Have No Moral	p. 106
By the Roadside	p. 116
Into the Twilight	p. 118
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