Celtic Fairy Tales

These are not the polished fairy tales you remember from childhood. These are the originals: wild, earthy, and threaded with the particular magic of the Celtic hills and shores. Joseph Jacobs gathered these twenty-five stories from the oral traditions of Ireland and Scotland, preserving tales that had been spoken around hearth fires for generations before anyone wrote them down. Here you'll find heroes who must answer riddles to win their brides, fairy folk who steal children from their beds, and shape-shifters who walk between worlds. The stories carry the voice of the traditional storyteller with all its warmth, wit, and occasional darkness. These are tales where the landscape itself seems alive, where every hill has its legend and every loch its monster. For readers who have ever wanted to hear the original voice of Celtic folklore, untamed and authentic, this collection remains essential.