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A road, a stretch of water, a strange creature: any of them can lead beyond the world you know.
In More Celtic Fairy Tales, Joseph Jacobs gathers traditional stories where ordinary life stands close to powerful magic. The collection opens with The Fate of the Children of Lir. A father's love meets a stepmother's jealousy, and an enchantment forces the children into the shapes of swans.
In the Welsh story of Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, a hunt leads Pwyll to an agreement with Arawn, a ruler of the otherworld. Elsewhere, bold adventurers and clever folk heroes face dangerous bargains, strange demands, and uncertain intentions. The mood shifts from playful cunning to grief and wonder, with loyalty and endurance tested along the way.
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- The children of Lir Meet children caught between family love, jealousy, and the grief of a powerful enchantment.
- An otherworldly agreement Follow Pwyll from a meeting during a hunt into an agreement with the otherworld's ruler.
- Cunning under pressure Discover characters who rely on cleverness when strange demands and practical troubles press them.
- Magic with real dangers Enter tales where enchanted animals and unfamiliar beings make ordinary encounters uncertain.
- Laughter beside loss Move between playful tales of human foolishness and legends shaped by loyalty, loss, and endurance.
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More Celtic Fairy Tales
by Joseph Jacobs · 1894
Enchanted animals, dangerous bargains, and fairy encounters test courage and wit in tales from Celtic traditions.
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More Celtic Fairy Tales brings together stories in which ordinary life stands close to a strange and powerful world. A road, a stretch of water, or a meeting with an unfamiliar creature can lead someone beyond the rules they understand. Joseph Jacobs gathers these tales as a companion to Celtic Fairy Tales, drawing on traditions that reach beyond Ireland and the Scottish Highlands to include Wales.
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What is More Celtic Fairy Tales about?
More Celtic Fairy Tales is a collection of traditional tales gathered by Joseph Jacobs. It includes family legends, supernatural encounters, adventures, and stories of cleverness. The stories stand separately rather than forming one plot, and their moods range from comic to deeply sorrowful.
Is More Celtic Fairy Tales a sequel to Celtic Fairy Tales?
It is a companion collection, not a continuation of one story. Jacobs gathers another set of tales from Celtic traditions. You can read More Celtic Fairy Tales without reading the earlier book, since the individual stories do not depend on a shared plot.
Does More Celtic Fairy Tales include the Children of Lir?
Yes. The Fate of the Children of Lir opens the collection. It concerns children transformed into swans through a jealous stepmother's enchantment. The tale combines family love with loss and endurance, showing that fairy stories can be sorrowful rather than light entertainment.
The author
Joseph Jacobs
1854–1916 · Australian folklorist and historian
Joseph Jacobs was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1854. He moved to England in 1872 and to the United States in 1900. He was a folklorist, historian, and writer. He published English Fairy Tales in 1890 and More English Fairy Tales in 1894. He died in Yonkers, New York, in 1916.
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