Celtic Fairy Tales Author:Joseph Jacobs Jacob's work (originally published in 1892) presents twenty-six different stroies of ancient Celtic origins ranging from the purely fairy, through folk-tale and drollery, to the heroic and legendary. Twelve are of Gaelic orgins inluding the legend of Conla and the Fairy Maden and the tragic story of Deidre and the three sons of Uismech. Three ar... more »e from the Welsh and include the Wooing of Olwen from Lady Guest's translation of the Mabinogi' another- Beth Gillert- derives from Wales and tells the tale of Prince Llewelyn's faithful hound; the Story of Ivan comes from Cornwall and the remainder are from Anglo-Irish origins. A 30 page appendix gives notes and references for each of the stroies, relating orgins and comparing variants from different parts of the Celtic World.« less