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The simple good versus evil model was always popular in Irish folk tales. Folklore contains many famous examples of spells and curses. One popular legend states that a spell on Etain turned her into various animals. Another folk tale tells of King Suibhne, who was cursed by St. Ronan and ...
Ireland is a country that has always done things differently. We have our own Irish culture and traditions that distinguish us from anywhere else in the world. Our language, music, arts, literature, folklore, cuisine, and sports are all special and unique to the Irish people. Below is a co...
Chapters examine the multiple layers of mythology and folklore that allow their influence on the imagination and everyday life, the problems with translating myth into the present age, how writers are putting old characters from folk and fairy tales into new skins in order to renew and revitalize...
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James Stephens also wrote stories and poetry. His most famous work, the comic novel The Crock of Gold (1912), mixes Irish folklore and fairy tales with philosophy. Its style and tone inspired comparisons to the later fiction of James Joyce. The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article ...
James Stephens also wrote stories and poetry. His most famous work, the comic novel The Crock of Gold (1912), mixes Irish folklore and fairy tales with philosophy. Its style and tone inspired comparisons to the later fiction of James Joyce. The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article ...
In 1867, when Yeats was only two, his family moved to London, but he spent much of his boyhood and school holidays inSligowith his grandparents. This country—its scenery, folklore, and supernatural legend—would colour Yeats’s work and form the setting of many of his poems. In 1880 hi...