Product Description: This book includes tales of the heroes and gods from the Great Myth Cycles as well as tales of witches, ghosts, and fairies. It is an examination and celebration of the tradition of storytelling. This is the first anthology to seek out and record the traditions from many parts of the Western Celtic world--Ireland, Cornwall, Scotland, Wales, and Brittany--from as early as the 17th century...read more

Product Description: Did you know that the oldest recorded vampire story comes from Ireland? This book discusses the ancient Celtic beliefs about death and how these were assimilated by Christianity; the importance which the ancient Celts and early Christians placed on blood; and how the Christian Church transmuted the vampire from an ancestor's ghost to a malevolent demon...read more

Product Description: Celtic tradition is rich in tales of wondrous beings, including giants, demons, fairies, merfolk, monsters, halflings, wizards, and witches. In this compelling explanation and celebration of these strange and fascinating creatures and entities, a master storyteller and folklorist and a talented artist bring the archetypes to life in a vivid, authentic, and entertaining manner...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Every country has its own contingent of "little people" but when it comes to capturing the imagination the infamous Irish Leprechaun is the undisputed king. To some people the Leprechaun is an impish figure, full of harmless mischief and mirth whose existence is dictated by the search for and the protection of the mythical crock of gold, a little person who could have stepped fully formed from the scenes of a Disney film...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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A guide to the identification, habits, and history of thirteen types of fairies