The Earth Shapers : The Earth-Shapers N Tir-na-Moe, the Land of the Living Heart, Brigit was singing. Angus the Ever-Young, and Midyir the Red-Maned, and Ogma that is called Splendour of the Sun, and the Dagda and other lords of the people of Dana drew near to listen. Brigit sang: Now comes the hour foretold...
The Golden Fly : The Golden Fly [E]THAUN, Angus, Fuamach, and Midyir lived in the World of the Gods. Ethaun said to Angus: "I am weary of everything that I see; let me go into the other worlds with you." Angus said: "When I go into the other worlds I wander from place to place and people do not know that I am...
The Great Battle : The Great Battle T Samhain-time, the Dagda, Ogma, and Nuada sat together in the place that is called the Plain of Assembly. It was early in the day and the dew was still on the grass. They saw Angus coming towards them. His hair was wound about two discs of shining gold, and he had on a cloak...
How The Son Of Gobhaun Saor Sold The Sheepskin : How the Son of The Gobhaun Saor Sold the Sheepskin HE GOBHAUN SAOR was a great person in the old days, and he looked to his son to be a credit to him. He had only one son, and thought the world and all of him, but that was nothing to what the son thought of himself. He was growing up every day...
The Spear Of Victory : The Spear of Victory UADA, Wielder of the White Light, set up the Spear of Victory in the centre of Ireland. It was like a great fiery fountain. It was like a singing flame. It burned continually, and from it every fire in Ireland was kindled. The glow of it reached up to the mountain tops...
How The Son Of Gobhaun Saor Shortened The Road : How the Son of The Gobhaun Saor Shortened the Road NE day the Son of the Gobhaun Saor was sitting outside in the sunshine, cutting a little reed into a pipe to make music with. He was so busy that he never saw three stranger-men coming till they were close to him. He looked up then and saw three...
Conary Mor : Conary Mor [T]HE night that Conary was born, strange sweet music sounded on all the hills and valleys of Ireland. His mother heard it, and said that Conary must be laid a little while on the green earth that his kinsfolk might own him. He was laid on the green earth, and Dana, the mother...
The Cow Of Plenty : The Cow of Plenty [G]OBNIU, the Smith, had the Cow of Plenty. She walked all over Ireland in a day's grazing and gave milk to every one that came to her: there was no one hungry or sorrowful in Ireland in those days! Balor of the Evil Eye set his heart on the Cow. He had the grasping hand that is...
Inisfail : Inisfail [I]T was on the First of May that the Milesians came into Ireland. They came with their wives and their children and all their treasures. There were many of them. They came in ships, and it is said by some that they came from a land beyond the utmost blueness of the sky and that their...
The Luck Child : The Luck-Child [A]IDAN, Osric, and Teigue, were the cow-herds of Eterscel, the High King of Ireland. Aidan was old and gentle, Osric was young and fierce, Teigue was an omadhaun--a fool--they watched the cattle of the king and chased the wild beasts from them. At night they slept in little wicker...
Title Page : CELTIC WONDER TALES RETOLD BY ELLA YOUNG Illustrated And Decorated By Maud Gonne Dublin, Maunsel & Company [1910] Scanned And Redacted By Phillip Brown. Additional Proofing And Formatting By John B. Hare. This Text Is In The Public Domain In The United States. This File May Be Used For Any...
The Eric Fine Of Lugh : The Eric-Fine of Lugh HE chiefs of the Tuatha De Danaan thronged round Lugh on the Hill of Usna. Lugh stood on the summit, and the Sword of Light was bare in his hand: all the hill below him shone with a radiance like white silver. "Chiefs," cried Lugh, "behold the Sword! Ye should have three...
The Coming Of Lugh : The Coming of Lugh [M]ANANAUN MAC LIR who rules the ocean took the little SunGod, Lugh, in his arms and held him up so that he could see the whole of Ireland with the waves whispering about it everywhere. "Say farewell to the mountains and rivers, and the big trees and the flowers in the grass, O...
Untitled : Title Page The Earth Shapers The Spear of Victory A Good Action How the Son of Gobhaun Saor Sold the Sheepskin How the Son of Gobhaun Saor Shortened the Road The Cow of Plenty The Coming of Lugh The Eric-Fine of Lugh The Great Battle Inisfail The Golden Fly The Children of Lir The Luck-Child Conary...
A Good Action : A Good Action HE DAGDA sat with his back to an oak tree. He looked like a workman, and his hands were as hard as the hands of a mason, but his hair was braided like the hair of a king. He had on a green cloak with nine capes, and along the border of every cape there was a running pattern...
The Children Of Lir : The Children of Lir [L]ONG ago when the Tuatha De Danaan lived in Ireland there was a great King called Lir. He had four children--Fionnuala, Aodh, Fiacra, and Conn. Fionnuala was the eldest and she was as beautiful as sunshine in blossomed branches; Aodh was like a young eagle in the blue...