Kathleen from Ireland Sticker Paper Doll

Kathleen from Ireland Sticker Paper Doll
Author: Yuko Green
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 12
Release: 1998-06-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780486403205

Dress this curly-headed Irish lass in kilts, a Kerry cloak, harper's outfit, and other charming, traditional Irish costumes. 25 stickers.

Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times

Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times
Author: J. Romilly Allen
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780486416083

Classic of scholarly research explores origins of Celtic art in Britain, Ireland, and Europe. Illustrated with 44 plates of photographs and line drawings of artifacts from a variety of sites, this study traces Celtic art in the Bronze and early Iron Ages, as well as Celtic art of the Christian period.

A Handbook of Celtic Ornament

A Handbook of Celtic Ornament
Author: John G. Merne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2001-12-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780486419602

Even the most elaborate Celtic pattern boils down to a few basic motifs (including spirals, swastikas, circles, "s" curves, knots, tau crosses, sun signs, etc.). This lavishly illustrated handbook of over 600 designs offers a key to the intricacies of Celtic decoration, showing how the judicious use of these simple symbols, motifs, or ideographs can be used to develop newer and more ambitious patterns to meet the requirements of modern decorative art. Over 600 black-and-white illus.

Celtic Gods and Heroes

Celtic Gods and Heroes
Author: Marie-Louise Sjoestedt
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2012-05-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486115887

Noted French scholar and linguist discusses gods of the continental Celts, beginnings of mythology in Ireland, Irish mother-goddesses and chieftain-gods, and heroes.

The Religion of the Ancient Celts

The Religion of the Ancient Celts
Author: John Arnott MacCulloch
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780486427652

This classic study by a distinguished scholar, first published in 1911, builds upon the surviving texts of the ancient Celtic religion, as well as current folk customs. Topics include nature worship and customs related to the culture of the dead, including rites of rebirth and transmigration.

A Book of Irish Verse

A Book of Irish Verse
Author: William Butler Yeats
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2000-02-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780486414423

Features 100 poems from Irish poets of the 18th and 19th centuries ? Goldsmith, Sheridan, Moore, Wilde ? plus important lesser-known writers: James Clarence Mangan, Sir Samuel Ferguson, Aubrey de Vere, many more.

Celtic Myth and Legend

Celtic Myth and Legend
Author: Charles Squire
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2013-01-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0486122093

Splendid compilation of tales ranges from Arthurian myth to less-familiar adventures, such as Finn and his Fenians, plus many other heroic figures from the Gaelic pantheon.

Cuchulain of Muirthemne

Cuchulain of Muirthemne
Author: Lady Gregory
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2001-03-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780486417172

Enthralling accounts of the legendary Cuchulain, the greatest of ancient Ireland's Knights of the Red Branch, tell of his birth and boyhood deeds, exploits in love and war, and premature death, all in the same beautifully simple style Lady Gregory first heard them as a child. Preface by W. B. Yeats.

Druids and Druidism

Druids and Druidism
Author: T. D. Kendrick
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780486427195

Well-documented summary of Druidic culture offers a detailed account of the racial history, prehistory, and social atmosphere of this early Gallic and British civilization. The amply illustrated text considers many theories of the origin of Druidism, its temples and religious practices, and its early mention by Greek and Roman writers.