Scottish Fairy Tales

by Anonymous

1 NEW SOFTCOVER BOOK

Genres: Fiction, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Short Stories, Mythology, Magic, Classics

448 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Jessica]

I read the first 15 stories in this collection before and during a trip to Scotland. I haven’t really read fairytales as an adult and I enjoyed it. The tales have quite a bedtime story feel to them and I found myself imagining reading them to my future children. I also enjoyed the old-fashioned language and the familiar-but-unfamiliar Scots words that call me back to generations of my family’s history. I wish this book said where exactly each story came from, because my relatives (from Elgin) didn’t recognise any of the titles, but perhaps would have known the stories if I’d been able to point them to the ones that said they were local to them.

[I_ty_toje]

Стандартный набор сказок, который есть наверно в каждой стране и в каждом «исконном» фольклоре.
В первой же сказке фея-обманщица, три пути – направо пойдешь, налево пойдешь, прямо пойдешь и все сулит определенные неприятности))) Вообще число три популярно – третий сын самый умный, третья попытка самая удачная, третий злодей самый страшный. Среди злодеев – великаны, морское чудище, карлики, злые мачехи и феи – полный набор персонажей из любого фольклора. При этом некоторые сказки обладают моралью, но не обладают счастливым концом :)
Читается легко и весело, страшные элементы смотрятся интересно, всет-ки шотландский колорит добавляется.

[Maria Morrison]

Filled with terrible folks and brave heroes, cunning folks of all ilks and - of course - fae. A full collection of tales covering many generations and styles, many told in interesting manners which speaks of an oral gathering. All in all worth the read!

[Eirene✧˚°]

Cozy and mystical stories for if you want to read for a little bit, but i did think the last stories weren't really Fairytales anymore, rather folk tales.
However i really enjoyed it and its just really great for if you're in a reading slump (though this can be said for almost any fairytale book :)

[Tiffany]

Good and right are consistently positively correlated! Yay for the no-nonsense morality and historical storytelling of the Scots! They're so adorable.

[Sarah]

This was a lovely read!
If you want to get to know more about Scotland’s lore and fairy stories this is the perfect book.

[Channah Giliomee]

It's decent, very wholesome.

[Dominika]

Valahogy mindig is vonzott más népek legendái, főleg az Angol-Skót-Ír történetek!
Tanulságos, néha mulatságos történeteket olvashattam, amik nagyon tetszettek és érdekesek voltak! 3 részből állt a könyv: Régi történetek - Történetek tündérekről - Helyi legendák
Kedvencem ebből a történetek tündérekről volt. Mindig is szerettem a tündéreket, de most csak fokozódott ez az érzés :)
Annyit még megjegyeznék, hogy az Assipattle és a Tengeri Kígyók Ura történet különösen felkeltette az érdeklődésemet, ahogy leírta, hogy a legenda szerint hogy keletkezett Izland és az átjáró ami Dániát választja el Norvégiától és Svédországtól. Ez nagyon megfogott...érdemes elolvasnia annak akit érdekelnek az ilyen történetek :)

[Emma]

I am interested in the intertextuality. So far, I've had nods to Cinderella, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rumplestiltskin.
OK, so I know that feminism is not necessarily alive in the Fairy Tales of old, but some of these Scottish versions send an eye-opening messages ...
And some of the stories are very dark and not necessarily suitable for little children's ears (if you want them to sleep at night, that is!).
Finally, I found the final third of the book quite different from the start. The stories did not seem like regular fairy tales, they weren't all written in past tense, they seemed more modern (modern for when the book was written) and were even darker and less suitable for little ears than the rest of the stories.

[Nighteye]

I'm thorn what I think about this book... it's interesting to read but just a bit of it was enough for me.
It was to much of the dialectal words and the talklike languish it was written who made it hard to read to much at the time. I had it like a "book-to-read-when-I'm-too-tired-and-don't-need-to-concentrate-on-story".
It might also have been better without all those repeating themes of layout in the stories that are throughout the whole book. After a while I start to feel that I knew every new story I begin with it's not that good.
Just wasn't what I expected sadly.

[Nicki]

Read until page 342. The first part of the book was quite interesting with some unusual stories. I felt towards the end of the book that stories were fitted into the book for the sake of it. It just lost its spark.

[Julie]

Interesting read.

[Meltha]

Bought at library used book sale. Too tempting to pass up.

[Hettie]

Mixed bunch of stories; some better than others. Overall proved an interesting read but I doubt I will revisit any of the stories

[Belle Meade School]

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