Browse books about myths and legends from across the UK and Ireland. These titles explore legendary people and places, supernatural stories, monsters, ancient traditions and the tales communities have passed down through generations.
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Cover unavailableLegends and Stories of Ireland
Legends and Stories of Ireland gathers Samuel Lover’s tales of Irish people, places and traditions, blending folklore with humour, local colour and spoken idiom. Its stories include “Barny O’Reirdon, the Navigator”, “The Burial of the…
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Cover unavailableLegends of the Stars
Legends of the Stars retells the ancient Greek stories attached to familiar constellations and shows how those star patterns can be recognised overhead. Sir Patrick Moore covers figures including Orion, the great hunter, and the…
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Cover unavailableLincolnshire Folklore, Myth and Magic
Lincolnshire Folklore, Myth and Magic gathers the county’s ghost stories, legends and customary beliefs, setting them against fens, woods, marshes and coastal landscapes. Lucy Wood includes accounts of phantom horsemen on the roads, will-o’-the-wisps appearing…
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