Wonder Tales From Scottish Myth & Legend By Donald Alexander Mackenzie ( 1917)

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WONDER TALES
FROM SCOTTISH MYTH
AND LEGEND

WONDER
TALES
FROM
SCOTTISH
MYTH &
LEGEND
BY
DONALD MACKENZIE
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Au'horof"Indian Myth andLegend" "Egyptian MythandLegend*
"Myths ofBabyloniaandAssyria"
With Illustrations by John Duncan, A.R.S.A.
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Contents
CHAP. Page
INTRODUCTION 9
I. BEIRA, QUEEN OF WINTER 22
II. THE COMING OF ANGUS AND BRIDE 33
III. COMBATS THAT NEVER END 50
IV. THE PRINCESS OF LAND-UNDER-WAVES - - - 57
V. NIMBLE MEN, BLUE MEN, AND GREEN LAD.IES..- 76
VI. CONALL AND THE THUNDER HAG 91
VII. STORY OF FINLAY AND THE GIANTS 95
VIII. HEROES ON THE GREEN ISLE 112
IX. A VISION OF THE DEAD 122
X. THE STORY CF MTCHAFL SCOTT 126
XI. IN THE KING?:>O!V OF SE<YLS - - - - 138
XII. STORY OF THOMAS THB RHYMER - - - -147
XIII. THE MAID-OF-TIIE-WAVF, 161
XIV. EXILES FROM FAIRYLAND - - - - - 170
XV. FRIENDS AND FOES OF MAN .... 180
XVI. THE LAND OF GREEN MOUNTAINS 195
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