Michael S. Newton

Into the Fairy Hill

Classic Folktales of the Scottish Highlands

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Produktbeschreibung

Includes new and approachable translations of folktales from the Scottish Highlands and Nova Scotia, providing extensive commentary on this rich storytelling tradition. Each story is annotated with information about its origins and any insights into its meaning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781476690025
• ISBN-10: 1476690022
• Artikelnr.: 65998286

Autorenporträt

Michael S. Newton was an assistant professor in the Celtic Studies department of St Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia from 2008 to 2013. He has written a multitude of books and articles about Gaelic culture and history and is a leading authority on Scottish Gaelic heritage in North America. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Ro-ràdh / Foreword by Ruairidh MacIlleathain / Roddy Maclean Introduction: The Power of Stories Scottish Highlands: People and Place
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deleteHow Highlanders Experienced Folktales
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deleteGaelic Folktale Scholarship in Scotland
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deleteHow Folktales Work
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deleteAbout the Texts in This Volume
25 Chapter One. Tales of Wonder The Frog Prince
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deleteSilver-Tree and Gold-Tree
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deleteThe Grazing of Cruachan
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deleteThe Language of Birds
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deleteGreat Seanchan and the Smith of the Tales
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deleteThe Tale of Mànus
49 Chapter Two. Tales About Life and the World How Scotland Was Formed
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deleteThe Eagle of Loch Tréig
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deleteEscaping Doomsday
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deleteThe Origin of the Milky Way
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deleteThe Origin of the Will o' Wisp
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deleteHow the Wren Became the King of Birds
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deleteWhy the Dog-Fish Is Called "the King's Fish"
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deleteThe Hawk Teaches the Fox a Lesson
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deleteOh, Adam!
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deleteThe Clan of the Sixty Blockheads
69 Chapter Three. Tales of Culture Heroes and Ancients The Boyhood Deeds of Cù Chulainn
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deleteHow Cù Chulainn Killed His Only Son
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deleteThe Origin Story of Fionn and the Fiannä75 delete
deleteHow Fionn Got His Psychic Powers
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deleteGaraidh and the Women
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deleteFionn in the House of Yellow Face
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deleteDiarmaid and Gràinne
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deleteThe Hunt for the Venomous Boar in Ross
88 Chapter Four. Historical Legends and Clan Sagas Columba and Mo Luag in Lismore
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deleteColumba and His Brother Dòbhran at Ionä93 delete
deleteSaints of Kintail
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deleteThe Norse Princess's Mock Lament
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deleteThe Sea-People of Arran
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deleteThe Feral MacDonalds of Braemar
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deleteThe Big Blacksmith of Glen Urquhart
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deleteThe Camerons' Doomed Raid on the Lennox
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deleteThe Outlaw Black-Haired Finlay MacRae
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deleteDonald of the Songs and the Deer
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deleteThe Battle of Tràigh Ghruinneart
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deleteThe Glen Quaich Bridge
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deleteThe Battle of Carinish
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deleteThe MacGregors and the Campbell Bloodhounds
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deleteThe Battle of Sròn a' Chlachain
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deleteThe Loch Earn Robber
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deleteThe Massacre of Glencoe
124 Chapter Five. Tales of the Otherworldly The Origin of the Fairies
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deleteDispirited Fairies in Ross-shire
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deleteThe Stuff of Life
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deleteThe Fairies and the Farmer's Gift
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deleteGreat MacMhuirich and the Fairies
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deleteThe Glaistig of Glen Duror
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deleteThe Gruagach Stones
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deleteThe Red Hand of Kincardine
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deleteThe Specter of the Tay and the Fairy-Fort of Kincraigie
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deleteThe Tailor of Rannoch and the Fairy
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deleteThe Fairies and the Stolen Wife
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deleteThe Chanter from the Fairies of Loch Roag
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deleteMacCrimmon's Fairy Sweetheart
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deleteThe Uruisg's Reward
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deleteThe Cloven-Hoofed Sweetheart
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deleteThe Last Each-Uisge in Lewis
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deleteMacPhee's Black Hound
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deleteThe Old Wife of Laggan
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deleteThe Witch of Braemar
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deleteMacLeod of Dunvegan and the Witches
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deleteHugh of the Wee Head
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deleteThe Washing Woman and the Chieftain of Clanranald
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deleteThe Midwife and the Queen of the Fairies
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deleteThe MacGlashens of Lismore
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deleteThe Farr Seer
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deleteThe Dream of the Dead in Strath Tummel
157 Epilogue: Reclaiming Our Voices Appendix: Original Gaelic Sources A' Bhànrigh a Dh'Iarr Deoch á Tobar Àraid
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deleteCraobh-Airgid agus Craobh-Òir
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deleteBuachailleachd Chruachain
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deleteCànan nan Eun
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deleteSeanchan Mór an Éirinn is Gobha nan Sgeul an Albainn
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deleteEachdraidh Mhànuis
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deleteA' Chailleach Bheur
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deleteIolaire Loch Tréig
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deleteTeicheadh ro'n Bhràth
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deleteSgrìob Chloinn Uisnigh
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deleteAn Teine Mór
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deleteRìgh nan Eun
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deleteAn t-Adhbhar mun Abairear Iasg Rìgh ris an Dallaig
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deleteO, Àdhaimh!
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deleteSliochd nan Trì Fichead Burraidh
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deleteTòrachd na Tàine
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deleteMar a Thòisich an Fhéinn
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deleteFionn agus am Bradan
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deleteGaraidh agus na Mnathan
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deleteFionn an Taigh a' Bhlàir Bhuidhe
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deleteDiarmaid agus Gràinne
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deleteDiarmaid agus Bran
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deleteCalum Cille agus Dòbhran a Bhràthair
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deleteNaoimh Chinn-Tàile
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deleteAn Caoineadh-Magaidh
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deleteInnis Eabhrach
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deleteAn Gobhainn Mór
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deleteCalum Garbh mac Eòghainn
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deleteFionnlagh Dubh MacRath
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deleteDòmhnall mac Fhionnlaigh nan Dàn
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deleteBlàr Tràigh Ghruinneart
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deleteDrochaid Lag nan Cladhairean
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deleteBlàr Chàirinnis
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deleteClann Ghriogair agus Coin Dubha nan Caimbeulach
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deleteLatha Blàr Shròn a' Chlachain
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deleteCreachadair Loch Éire
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deleteMurt Ghlinn Comhann
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deleteNa Sìdhichean ann an Siorramachd Rois
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deleteNa Sìdhichean ann an Raithneach
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deleteAn Tuathanach agus na Sìbhrich
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deleteGlaistig Ghlinn Dùror
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deleteTàillear Ruadh Raithneach
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deleteA' Bhean a Ghoid na Sìdhichean
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deleteSiùnnsair MhicCruimein
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deleteIain Dubh Mór agus an Uruisg
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deleteAn Leannan Crodhanach
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deleteCù Dubh Mhic a' Phì
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deleteCailleach an Lagain
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deleteMacLeòid Dhùn Bheagain is na Bana-Bhuidsichean
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deleteEóghann a' Chinn Bhig
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deleteMac 'ic Ailein agus Luideag an Uillt
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deleteA' Bhean-Ghlùine agus Bànrigh nan Sìbhreach
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deleteClann MhicGlaisein ann an Lios Mór
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deleteAm Fiosaiche ann am Fàrr
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deleteBruadar nam Marbh ann an Srath Theimheil
254 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index