[Week 12] Reading Diary - Celtic Fairy Tales

Celtic Fairy Tales

Connla and the Fairy Maiden

-A fairy comes to Connla and is chased off by his father's druid, but she managed to leave him with an apple. As he ate the apple, he fell more in love with her. Upon the fairy's return, Connla readily left with her against his father's wishes.

The Field of Boliauns

-A man meets a leprechaun and tries to force it into giving him a bit of his beer. When the leprechaun refuses, the man snatches him up and knocks over the pitcher on accident. He demands money instead and the leprechaun gives him instructions but ends up playing a trick on him.

The Horned Women
-A woman is terrorized by witches in the night. She does their bidding for a while but eventually a voice tells her how to get rid of them and then how to ward the house so that they can't get in again. She and her family are safe.

The Shepherd of Myddvai

-A man manages to persuade a beautiful water-dwelling woman into marrying him. The only stipulation is that if he hits her three times for no reason, she'll leave. He taps her a couple of times which she says counts toward the strikes. Then, he shakes her when she laughs at a funeral. She leaves and only comes back once to see her sons.

The Sprightly Tailor

-A tailor is asked to sew trews at night in a haunted church. He is visited by a monster that slowly rises out of the floor while he sews. The tailor refuses to stop sewing and when he finishes he runs away to deliver the trews. The castle door closed just in time for the monster to be kept out.

Munachar and Manachar
-This is one of those cumulative stories that are oh so common. Munachar is collecting things in order to get a gad to hang Manachar since he eats all of his raspberries. Honestly, I find these stories irritating.

Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree

-A queen is jealous that her daughter is more beautiful than she is. She tries to kill her several times but each attempt is thwarted. In the end, the queen's plan backfires and she is killed instead.