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The Celtic Heroic Age

by John Carey · 1994

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Includes three early Irish tales: The Birth of Aed Slaine; Fingal Ronain, and The Story of Mis and Dubh Rois.

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mythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisancient worldancient worldMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismedievalmedievalMore like thisLess of this
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religionreligionMore like thisLess of this
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medievalmedievalMore like thisLess of thisancient historyancient historyMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of thisWalesWalesMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 433 pages

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