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Mythologies

by W.B. Yeats · 1959

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Banshees and faeries, demons and curses, village ghosts and mystic poets work their Gaelic magic in this enthralling collection of supernatural tales from the pen of William Butler Yeats. Based on Irish country beliefs, traditions, and folk tales, the stories were first published at the height of Yeats' romantic period in three collections entitled The Celtic Twilight, The Secret Rose, and Stories of Red Hanrahan.

Genre
folkloremythologymyths and folklorefairy talefantasy
Themes
religion
Setting
Ireland
Subject
historyphilosophy
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 368 pages
Form
poetryshort storiesessays

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