Popular Tales of the West Highlands

Description

Popular Tales of the West Highlands by Scottish author and scholar J. F. Campbell was first published 1860-1862. It is a collection of fairy tales originally published in four volumes. Campbell wrote the books after reading George Webbe Dasent's Popular Tales from the Norse, and realising that he had heard Gaelic versions of some of the stories when young. Tales in this work include: The Young King Of Easaidh Ruadh; The Battle of the Birds; The Sea-Maiden; The Brown Bear of the Green Glen; The Daughter of the Skies; The King Of Lochlin's Three Daughters; The Ridere (Knight) Of Riddles; The Isle of Pabaidh; The Tale of the Queen Who Sought a Drink From a Certain Well; The Son of the Scottish Yeoman who Stole the Bishop's Horse and Daughter, and the Bishop Himself; Caol Reidhinn. Why the Name was Given to it; The Yellow Muilearteach; The Reason Why the Dallag (Dog-Fish) is Called the King's Fish; Maghach Colgar; Murachadh Mac Brian; Diarmaid And Grainne; and many more.

This book has 448,929 words, 805 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published 1860–62.

Production notes: This ebook of Popular Tales of the West Highlands was published by Global Grey in 2019, and updated on the 11th June 2024. The artwork used for the cover is 'Ossian and Malvina' by Johann Peter Krafft.