The Celtic Dragon Myth by J. F. Campbell

Description

The Celtic Dragon Myth is a book by J. F. Campbell, first published in 1911. In it Campbell — working from Gaelic manuscripts and his long study of Highland tradition — reconstructs the Celtic dragon tale (including the Geste of Fraoch) as a continuous narrative, presenting English translations alongside the original Gaelic passages. The book collects related episodes (giants, mermaids, fairies), offering both storytelling and textual source material that make it useful to readers of Celtic folklore and students of comparative mythology. Written with the careful, antiquarian eye of a 19th-century folklorist, the volume places the Celtic dragon cycle in a wider Indo-European context, discussing parallels and variants while preserving the flavour of the Gaelic originals. It remains a compact, readable resource for anyone interested in Celtic mythology, Gaelic texts, dragon legends, Fraoch and the Dragon, and the study of how oral tradition becomes written narrative.

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Formats: PDF, epub, AZW3
Page Count (PDF): 93
Word Count: 50,079
Illustrations: No
Footnotes: 89
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