Douglas Hyde Libri

Book "An Alp-luachra is an evil, greedy fairy from Irish mythology. When a person falls asleep by the side of a stream, the Alp-luachra appears in the form of a newt and crawls down the person's mouth, feeding off the food that they had eaten. Douglas Hyde's Beside the Fire tells of how a person got back at an Alp-luachra by eating large amounts of salted meat and sleeping near the stream. The Alp-luachra fed upon him, but jumped to the water in thirst." (Quote from wikipedia.org)Table of Publisher's Preface; Preface; Postscript By Alfred Nutt; Dedication; The Tailor And The Three Beasts; Bran; The King Of Ireland's Son; The Alp-luachra; Paudyeen O'kelly And The Weasel; Leam O'rooney's Burial; Guleesh Na Guss Dhu; The Well Of D'yerree-in-dowan; The Court Of Crinnawn; Neil O'carree; Trunk-without-head; The Hags Of The Long Teeth; William Of The Tree; The Old Crow & The Young Crow; Riddles; EndnotesAbout the Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.orgForgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.

Die Volksmärchen Irlands speisen sich aus reichen Quellen, die bis weit ins europäische Mittelalter zurückreichen und zumeist mündlich überliefert wurden. So rankt sich ein Gutteil um den sagenhaften, aus den Ossian-Dichtungen bekannten Helden Fionn und seine tapfere Kriegerschar. Doch auch Móirín, das irische Aschenputtel, und viele weitere wunderbare Gestalten bevölkern die zauberhafte Märchenwelt der grünen Insel. Neben humorvollen Schalk- und Lügenmärchen finden sich deftige Schwänke, deren Phantasie und Fülle noch heute begeistert.