Lady Augusta Gregory's "Gods and Fighting Men" preserves the legends and lore of the earliest inhabitants of Ireland, the coming of the Tuatha De Danaan (The People of Dana) and the stories of Finn MacCumhail. Containing stories for Irish mythology form the earliest legends, Lady Gregory's book preserves the native Irish sense of story-telling throughout her account of the Gaelic world. Lady Gregory's eloquent speech and style breathes life into Ireland's forgotten heroes and gods. Although Lady Gregory was more of a storyteller than an academic, her book remains one of the best available on Irish mythology and is a great starting point for anyone interested in Gaelic lore.

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Format: TradePaperback
Author: Gregory, Lady Augusta
ISBN: 9781495385148
Condition: New
Dimensions: 9.02 x 0.69
Number Of Pages: 330
Publication Year: 2014

Language: English

Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha De Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland

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