James Stephens

Irish Fairy Tales Annotated James Stephens

Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustrations and sixteen color plates. The stories are set in a wooded, Medieval Ireland filled with larger-than-life hunters, warriors, kings, and fairies. Many stories concern the Fianna and their captain, Fionn mac Uail, from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.1 Tuan Mac Cairill2 The Birth of Bran3 The Little Brawl at Allen4 The Enchanted Cave of Cesh Corran5 Becuma of the White Skin6 Mongan's Frenzy