Myths & Legends

Traditional Japanese folktales come to life alongside contemporary illustration in this luxurious edition.

REPRINT. The figure of the 'wise woman', the 'hag', or the 'Red Woman' are part of an oral tradition which has its roots in pre-Christian Ireland. This title explores these figures to reveal how they offered a complex understanding of the world, of human psychology and its predicaments. It brings to the fore universal themes such as death and marriage.

‘There was a wise woman, we’re all agreed, some call her Brigid, some call her Bríd. She grew up kind and she liked a joke and she always wore a wee small cloak.’

What is your best defense against a phosphorescent land sheerie? Can you really find contentment with a wealthy merrow wife? The answers are disclosed at last in A Field Guide to Irish Fairies, the first and only such guide available.