A Fair Stream of Silver: Love Tales from Celtic Lore

by Ann Moray

Part. 1: Three love stories from the ancient Irish manuscripts. The Wooing of Etain / The Love of Cuchulainn and Fann, and the Only Jealousy of Emer, his Wife / The Story of Lubdan, King of the Lepra and the Lepracaun
Part 2: Four love stories from the fairy lore of Scotland, the Hebridean Isles and the Shetland Isles. The Young Tamlin / Kilmeny / The Kelpie / Andrew Moir and the Seal-People
Part 3: Two love stories from Welsh fairy mythology. Einion Las and the Fair Family / Belena
Part 4: A love story from the fairy legends of Brittany. The Story of Ywenec
Part 5: A love story from the folklore of Ireland. Finvarra

206 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Ann Moray grew up in Wales, although she was of Scots-Irish descent, and has been deeply interested in the ancient world and its myth and legend since childhood. It was while she was working on a book about the folklore of Gaelic and Brythonic Celts that the mountains among which she spent her youth, the Welsh people and the gypsies became so vivid in her memory that this novel pre-empted the other work and came into being. In private life, Miss Moray was married to Juan Lopez de Ceballos, a Venezualan diplomat.

Reviews

[Rebekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eleven ancient Celtic love stories from Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, the Hebrides, and the Shetland Isles are lyrically retold in this worthwhile collection.