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Irish fairy tales

by William Butler Yeats (Editor), Jack Butler Yeats & Jack Jack Butler Yeats (Illustrator)

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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"Irish Fairy Tales" edited by W. B. Yeats is a collection of traditional Irish folk tales published in the late 19th century. This anthology celebrates the enchanting world of Irish mythology and folklore, featuring tales of fairies, goblins, and the supernatural, presenting characters like courageous heroes and mischievous spirits that capture the essence of Irish culture. The opening of the collection introduces readers to the enduring belief in fairies among the Irish peasantry, highlighting the narrator's conversation with an old woman named Biddy Hart, who recounts her vivid encounters and tales about fairies. Biddy describes the fairies as beings similar to humans but endowed with a finer nature, sharing stories of those taken by the fairies and the magical events that surround them. The narrative emphasizes the deep-rooted connection between the people and their folklore, setting the stage for the tales that follow, which promise delightful and sometimes cautionary adventures steeped in the rich tradition of Irish storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”. Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the description.

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    • “Fairies”· in description
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Fairy tales”, “Folklore”, “folklore”, and 3 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the title, “Tales” in the title, “Fairy tales” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Fairy tales”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairy tales”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Folklore”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Tales”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library

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The Online Books Page curated catalog record

London: T. F. Unwin, 1892

1892London : T.F. Unwin; T.F. UnwinEnglish—Public

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1892Cassell Pub. Co.English—No ebook

Open Library record

1892T. Fisher UnwinEnglish—No ebook

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Editors: Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
  • Illustrators: Yeats, Jack B. (Jack Butler)
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Scanner: rich5
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR5904 .I7
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London: T. F. Unwin, 1892
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