The Celtic Twilight

William Butler Yeats

• Publisher: Mint Editions
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781513270845, 9781513220567
• eBook ISBN: 9781513275840
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Biographies
• Index: Literature

The Celtic Twilight (1893) is a collection of stories written and edited by W.B. Yeats. Compiled at the height of the Celtic Twilight, a movement to revive the myths and traditions of Ancient Ireland, The Celtic Twilight captures a wide range of stories, songs, poems, and firsthand accounts from artists and storytellers dedicated to the preservation of Irish culture.

In "Belief and Unbelief, " a story is shared about a village at the foot of Ben Bulben. One day, a young girl disappears while walking through a local field. Fearful that the faeries have gotten her, the townspeople conduct a search of the village, checking every home while burning ragweed and reciting spells to ward off the mischievous spirits. "Mortal Help" discusses the interdependence of humans and faeries, who require the presence of the living in order to play games in the physical world. As evidence, an old ditch digger tells a story from his youth, when he witnessed a group of faeries playing the game of hurling not far from the field where he was working. In "A Knight of the Sheep, " an old farmer faces off with the local tax collector, and both struggle to maintain respect for one another while trading shrewdly concealed insults. "The Devil" discusses several demonic sightings among Irish peasants, who claim to have met Lucifer by the side of the road by day and under the bed at night. The Celtic Twilight captures the collision of ancient and modern Ireland, preserving its legends while ensuring their mystery remains.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Epigraph
• Contents
• The Hosting of the Sidhe
• This Book (I, II)
• A Teller of Tales
• Belief and Unbelief
• Mortal Help
• A Visionary
• Village Ghosts
• “Dust Hath Closed Helen’s Eye” (I, II)
• A Knight of the Sheep
• An Enduring Heart
• The Sorcerers
• The Devil
• Happy and Unhappy Theologians (I, II)
• The Last Gleeman
• Regina, Regina Pigmeorum, Veni
• “And Fair, Fierce Women”
• Enchanted Woods (I, II)
• Miraculous Creatures
• Aristotle of the Books
• The Swine of the Gods
• A Voice
• Kidnappers
• The Untiring Ones
• Earth, Fire and Water
• The Old Town
• The Man and his Boots
• A Coward
• The Three O’Byrnes and the Evil Faeries
• Drumcliff and Rosses
• The Thick Skull of the Fortunate (I, II)
• The Religion of a Sailor
• Concerning the Nearness Together of Heaven, Earth, and Purgatory
• The Eaters of Precious Stones
• Our Lady of the Hills
• The Golden Age
• A Remonstrance with Scotsmen for Having Soured the Disposition of their Ghosts and Faeries
• War
• The Queen and the Fool
• The Friends of the People of Faery
• Dreams that Have No Moral
• By the Roadside
• Into the Twilight
• A Note About the Author
• A Note from the Publisher