The early stars tell in their own words how it was before a rugged sport became a multi-million dollar business.

Pro Football's Rag Days

CURRAN, BOB

Publisher

The Creatures Of Celtic Myth

Celtic tradition is rich in tales of wondrous beings, including giants, demons, fairies, merfolk, monsters, halflings, wizards, and witches. In this compelling explanation and celebration of these strange and fascinating creatures and entities, a master storyteller and folklorist and a talented artist bring the archetypes to life in a vivid, authentic, and entertaining manner. The origins, significance, characteristics, and roles of each are explained in great detail. Modern retellings of classic tales and remarkable, vibrant illustrations created especially for this book provide a new perspective on the imaginative folklore and culture of the Celtic lands of Brittany, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and Cornwall.

Creatures of Celtic Myth

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

UNKNO

May 2000 @body:Giants, demons, sprites, merfolk, monsters, halflings, heroes, witches, wizards, and wise women: all these beings survive in the world of Celtic mythology, where they have worked their alluring magic for centuries. Here is a varied tapestry of the Celtic imagination and perspective--a tantalizing glimpse of a vanished past. The 29 tales include In the Hall of Yspaddaden Pancawr, about a flesh-eating Welsh cyclops; The Laird of Gesto, a Scottish legend of fairy-folk; and The Sea Bride, from Ireland. 192 pages, 10 color illus., 45 b/w illus., 7 1/2 x 9 1/2.

Literature & Fiction

Mythology & Folk Tales

Blandford Pr

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An Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology

McGraw=Hill

What is your best defense against a phosphorescent land sheerie? Can you really find contentment with a wealthy merrow wife? The answers are disclosed at last in A Field Guide to Irish Fairies, the first and only such guide available. Expertly researched and compiled by an authority on the subject, with detailed illustrations to help wayfarers identify the 13 major varieties of these elusive fairy folk of the Emerald Isle, this pocket-size volume is indispensible both in the field and back in the (relative) safety of hearth and home. With information on habitat, history, and fairy customs at their fingertips, readers will be well prepared for encounters with saucy leprechauns, kindly grogochs, and even headless dullahans. A word to the wise: Take it along, or take your chances!

A Field Guide to Irish Fairies

Chronicle Books+

Field Guide to Irish Fairies

Appletree Press, Ltd.

The Celtic world is a rich source of myth and legend and this attractive volume aims to introduce the subject to a wide audience. Following a general history of Celts and druids, Curran presents extracts or summaries of myths that tell the stories of saints, giants and monsters, sea gods, earth and air spirits, sacred sites and heroes. Storytelling in the Celtic tradition is shown to be still alive in the far west of Britain. Each section is accompanied by numerous photographs of Celtic sites and past and present artistic representations of the legends.

Complete Guide to Celtic Mythology

History

Europe

Although the harp is the official emblem of Ireland, the shamrock is the symbol which most people, particularly abroad, associate with Ireland.

The Wolfhound Guide to the Shamrock (Wolfhound Guides)

Wolfe Pub. Co

Every country has its own contingent of "little people" but when it comes to capturing the imagination the infamous Irish Leprechaun is the undisputed king. To some people the Leprechaun is an impish figure, full of harmless mischief and mirth whose existence is dictated by the search for and the protection of the mythical crock of gold, a little person who could have stepped fully formed from the scenes of a Disney film. To others, however, he is an evil gnome bent on disrupting the lives of mortal beings by black magic and malevolent acts. 
From its use as the symbol of the University of Notre Dame "Fighting Irish" football team in Chicago to the series of cult shlock films, Leprechaun 1 to 4, featuring an evil, marauding Leprechaun and Darby O'Gill and the Little People to Foster &amp; Allen donning Leprechaun suits for their Top of the Pops appearance the leprechaun has pervaded the popular imagination for decades but before the mass media it was very real creature for generations of Irish people. 
Bob Curran looks at every aspect of this mythical creature which is so closely associated with Ireland in the minds of people all over the world. He looks at the origins of the myth and the equivalent around the world. He looks at the superstitions involving the Leprechaun and its use in the mass media. 
From the origins of this hero of Irish lore - fallen angel, diminished god or son of other fairies - to his habits, occupations and characteristics, The Truth about the Leprechaun offers enlightenment on little-known aspects of the wider fairy world, as well as turning the spotlight on the real Leprechaun - elusive, complex and contradictory.

The Truth About the Leprechaun

Wolfhound Pr

Hidden Depths: Portraits of the Marine Otherworld

Ahoy there ... Who knows what dangers lie in the depths of our deepest oceans? What strange creatures we may encounter when sailing the seven seas and are there any routes we should avoid to ensure we reach our maritime destinations? From the Devil's Triangle of Bermuda to the Umibozu of old Japan to the decks of deserted ghost ships and many more seafaring superstitions and marvels besides, join Dr Bob Curran and Andy Paciorek in this richly illustrated voyage above and below the wild waves of the wine-dark seas.

Paciorek, Andy

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