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FOLKLORE & MYTH · 1893 · PUBLIC DOMAIN

The Celtic Twilight

W. B. Yeats

43 CHAPTERS · 39,200 WORDS · ABOUT 148 MINUTES

Yeats in Sligo and Galway, writing down what his neighbours told him about the other world and making no attempt to stand outside it — the book that sent Lady Gregory into the cottages of Galway to do the same for her own county.

SUBJECTSIrelandSligoVisionary experience
TAGS#ireland#yeats#sligo#second-sight#fairy-belief
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CONTENTS

  1. 1THIS BOOK — I1 MIN
  2. 2II1 MIN
  3. 3A TELLER OF TALES2 MIN
  4. 4BELIEF AND UNBELIEF2 MIN
  5. 5MORTAL HELP1 MIN
  6. 6A VISIONARY5 MIN
  7. 7VILLAGE GHOSTS8 MIN
  8. 8“DUST HATH CLOSED HELEN’S EYE” — I10 MIN
  9. 9II1 MIN
  10. 10A KNIGHT OF THE SHEEP4 MIN
  11. 11AN ENDURING HEART3 MIN
  12. 12THE SORCERERS5 MIN
  13. 13THE DEVIL1 MIN
  14. 14HAPPY AND UNHAPPY THEOLOGIANS — I3 MIN
  15. 15II3 MIN
  16. 16THE LAST GLEEMAN7 MIN
  17. 17REGINA, REGINA PIGMEORUM, VENI4 MIN
  18. 18“AND FAIR, FIERCE WOMEN”3 MIN
  19. 19ENCHANTED WOODS — I4 MIN
  20. 20II2 MIN
  21. 21MIRACULOUS CREATURES2 MIN
  22. 22ARISTOTLE OF THE BOOKS1 MIN
  23. 23THE SWINE OF THE GODS1 MIN
  24. 24A VOICE1 MIN
  25. 25KIDNAPPERS8 MIN
  26. 26THE UNTIRING ONES3 MIN
  27. 27EARTH, FIRE AND WATER1 MIN
  28. 28THE OLD TOWN2 MIN
  29. 29THE MAN AND HIS BOOTS1 MIN
  30. 30A COWARD1 MIN
  31. 31THE THREE O’BYRNES AND THE EVIL FAERIES2 MIN
  32. 32DRUMCLIFF AND ROSSES8 MIN
  33. 33THE THICK SKULL OF THE FORTUNATE — I1 MIN
  34. 34THE RELIGION OF A SAILOR1 MIN
  35. 35CONCERNING THE NEARNESS TOGETHER OF HEAVEN, EARTH, AND PURGATORY1 MIN
  36. 36THE EATERS OF PRECIOUS STONES1 MIN
  37. 37OUR LADY OF THE HILLS3 MIN
  38. 38THE GOLDEN AGE8 MIN
  39. 39THE QUEEN AND THE FOOL6 MIN
  40. 40THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE OF FAERY9 MIN
  41. 41DREAMS THAT HAVE NO MORAL16 MIN
  42. 42BY THE ROADSIDE2 MIN
  43. 43INTO THE TWILIGHT1 MIN

THE TEXT

Text of the Project Gutenberg edition (The Celtic Twilight). Taken from Project Gutenberg (eBook #10459). Public domain in the United States; no rights are claimed over the text.