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The Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton: Na Beanntaichean Gorma Agus Sgeulachdan Eile À Ceap Breatainn

The Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton: Na Beanntaichean Gorma Agus Sgeulachdan Eile À Ceap Breatainn

Shaw, John

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Mythology & Folklore

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ISBN10: 0773532579
ISBN13: 9780773532571
Publisher: Mcgill Queens Univ Pr
Published: May 7 2007
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.08 Depth: 8.85
Language: English

John Shaw has been documenting Cape Breton's Gaelic traditions since the 1960s. In The Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton he presents thirty tales recorded between 1964 and 1989. The collection includes popular tales such as The Dragon Slayer, hero-tales of Fionn Mac Cumhail and his warrior band, accounts of the famed carpenter Boban Saor, stories of robbers and thieves, comic tall tales, historical legends, and accounts of clan traditions brought over from the western Highlands.

Shaw provides both the Gaelic texts and English translations. When possible, he identifies both the original Gaelic storyteller and the local reciters. Reciters in the collection include Joe Neil MacNeil, a major Canadian storyteller, as well as others whose stories have never before been published. The Blue Mountains and Other Gaelic Stories from Cape Breton showcases a unique and neglected storytelling tradition.

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