amusements of, 127-128
bodies of, 124
dress of, 124
encounters with the, 115-119
general description of, 195-203
homes of, 127
in Irish folklore, the, 113-114
male, 125
names given to, 66
ointment to see, 133-134
places of the, 20
social aspects of, 123
fairies and
Christianity, 139-140
human children, 173-175
human qualities, 231-232
humans as neighbors, 133
men of second sight, 197
and Men, contact between, 113-114
fairy brides and mortal men Welsh legends, 72-84
fairy kind, 63
in Ireland, 121
fairy ladies and mortal men, 69-72
Fairy Mythology, 65
fairy realm, questions about, 193
festivals, 15-16
Findabair, 26-27
folktales and legends in Celtic society, 97-99
Fraech, 24, 26
funeral, phantom, 190-192
G
Gab Lucas, 184-186
Garth Uchaf, Llanuwchllyn
Giants Causeway, the, 47
giants, 47-48, 85-86
Gigmagog, 48, 50-52
Gilbert, C.S., 39
Glasynys, 77-78
Good People, the, 113, 114
Gors Goch Changeling Legend, The, 178-179
Greath Myth Cycles, 9, 11, 16
Gregory, Lady Augusta, 20, 114, 115
Gwyll, 67
H
Hawker, Reverend Robert Stephen, 268
Hogg, James, 232
Hunt, Robert, 34, 48, 134
I
invaders of the Celtic peoples, 53
Ireland, fairy kind in, 121
Irish mythology and the “good people,” 122
Irish Wonders, excerpt from, 122-131
iron and the fairy bride, 73, 75
J
Jones, Rev. Owen, 72, 77
Jones, Reverend Edmund, 188
K
King Arthur, 46
and the giants, 48
“King Arthur’s Stone,” 46
Kirk, Reverend Robert, 193-195
L
Land’s End, 42, 44
Le Braz, Anatole, 182
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 208
“Legend of Knockgrafton, The,” 148
Llanfrothen Legend, The, 81
Llanfwrog Changeling Legend, 177-178
Lochlann, King of, 55, 56
Logan Rock, 35, 43
moving of the, 37
love charms, 210-211
Lovecraft, H.P., 207
M
Mabinogion, 17
Machen, Arthur, 207-208
magical stones, 33-34
marbh bheo, 98, 251-252
Martin, Martin, 164
McAnally, Dr. David Rice, 122
McClour, Janet, 255-265
McCumhaill, Fion, 47
McDonald, Angus, 54
Men-an-Tol, the, 40-41
“Men of the West,” 268
Merlin, Ambrose, 38
Merodach, 235-250
Midnight Washerwomen, 148
Mulholland, Rosa, 212
Muller, Max, 70
Myddfai Legend, The, 78
Myddvai Legend, The, 79-84
N
Nera, 29-31
night dancers at the
crossroads, 149-152
“Nine Maids, The,” 42-43
“Not to Be Taken at Bedtime,” 212-229
“Notes on Y Tylwyth Teg,” excerpt from, 64
O
Observations on the Snowdon Mountains, 74, 75
ointment to see fairies, 133-134, 135
Otherworld, the, 181
as place of the dead, 251
Owen, Baron, 82
Owen, Elias, 64, 77, 79, 175
P
Pellings, 77
Pentrevoleas Legend, The, 72-75
Plant Annwfn, 67
Portuni, 68-69
Presbyterianism, 233
priest and the fairies, a, 145-146
prognostication and the Celts, 163, 187
R
“Relation of Ghosts and Apparitions, A” excerpt from, 188-192
Ring of Gyges, the, 200
Ring of Kingussie, 34
“Romances of the Rocks,” excerpt from, 34-46
Rumpelstiltskin, 75
S
Saxon kings and the Table-men, 44
Scawen, 38, 39
seanachie, 8, 9-10, 98
“second sight, the,” 163-164
description of, 164-172
Secret Commonwealth, The, 194
excerpt from, 195-203
sheehogues, 97, 98
Sidhe, 19, 98
and heroes, 63
Siths, 195
Soulis, Reverend Murdoch, 252-265
St. Madron’s Well, 108-111
Stephens and the cromlechs, C. Taylor, 39-40
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 252
Stoker, Bram, 208
Stonehenge, 34
stories, oral, 15
storytellers, traditional local, 98
storytelling, 15
T
Table-men, 43-44
Tains Bo Cuailnge, 17
taish, see “second sight, the.”
Tales of the Fairies and of the Ghost World from Oral Tradition in South-West Munster, excerpt from, 154-162
“Thrawn Janet,” 252-265
thresholds in Celtic lore, 147
Traditions of West Cornwall,
selections from, 102-105
Trereen Dinas, rock mass at, 36-37
Tuatha de Danaan, 63
twelve o’clock stone, 43
Tylwyth Teg, 178
V
Van Lake Legend, see Myddfai
Legend, The Vikings and the Celts, 53-54
“Virgin Sisters, The,” 42-43
W
Welsh changeling legends, 173-180
Welsh Folk-lore, selections from, 175-180
Welsh legends of fairy brides and
mortal men, 72-75
Welsh Taboo story, 78
Welsh Tylwth Teg, 64
“West Country Superstitions,” excerpt from, 108-111
Wheelhope, Lady, 232-250
Williams, 74, 75, 77-78
Wolf of Badenoch, 34
writers and the storytelling tradition, 207
X
X-Files, 209
Y
Y Tylwyth Teg, 66, 68
Ystrad Legend, The, 75-79
Z
Zennor coits, 39
About the Author
Dr. Bob Curran was born in a rural area of County Down, Northern Ireland. On leaving school he worked at many jobs, including journalism, music, truck driving, and grave digging. He travelled in America, North Africa, and Holland before returning to Northern Ireland to settle down and obtain degrees in history and education and a doctorate in Educational Psychology. From his early years, he has been interested in folktales and legends and has made a study of these, writing widely in books and magazines. His work has been printed in his native Ireland, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan. Still lecturing and teaching, he lives in County Derry with his wife and young family.
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