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Lady Gregory's classic retellings of the myths & legends of the ancient Celts bring to life the very roots of Ireland'sliterary tradition. In this collection, Lady Gregory's vivid translations from the original Gaelic present the epic story of the Tuatha de Danaan, the immortal race that invaded ancient Ireland, & the sagas of the legendary heroes that followed them.Here are the tales of heroes such as Nuada, who loses his arm in battle and has a magical new limb fashioned from silver so that he may lead the gods against the Formorians, a demon race; Lugh, the mighty warrior who is fated to face his own grandfather in mortal combat; Finn MacCumhal & his warrior tribe the Fianna; and Oisin, son of Finn, who lives for centuries but does not age until the day he falls from his enchanted horse.Lady Gregory's work inspired a generationof writers among the Irish literary renaissance, including playwright John Millington Synge and Nobel Prize winner William Butler Yeats. Both authors considered her writings the most important versions of Irish myth and legend, and based many of their own works on her stories.This collection, with a preface by Yeats, hasbeen faithfully reprinted from Lady

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Author

Lady Augusta Gregory, William Butler Yeats (preface)

Publisher

Courage Books / Running Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780762402816

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Folklore, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.75 / 5 (135 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14