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I've been reading what Celtic folklore I could find that was public domain, which is mostly W.B. Yeats who I often find largely unreadable (and also kind of annoying if we're being honest).

I realized the other day that I could probably find much better information if I read more modern scholarship by folklorists who've picked apart all the issues in Yeats' scholarship and done whatever the folklorist equivalent of historiography is.

Does anyone have any recommendations of something that is a good general work? (Think "overview of this area of scholarship" or "everyone has to read this in their intro seminar"?)

Limitations/requirements:

• I have intermittent brain fog, so I can do academic reading but not too many sentences full of subclauses
• I mainly have access to community vs university libraries, and limited income for specialized books (unless it's inexpensive on half.com)
• I'm mostly interested in Brigid, but am also a research nerd
• Geographic area (i.e. Ireland, Germany, etc) is not of primary concern
• Ideally the book would also summarize other academic work in the area, not just summarize the author's own theories
• I get hand pain so if it doesn't weigh 5 lbs that is preferable

Thanks in advance!

I've been reading what Celtic folklore I could find that was public domain, which is mostly W.B. Yeats who I often find largely unreadable (and also kind of annoying if we're being honest).

I realized the other day that I could probably find much better information if I read more modern scholarship by folklorists who've picked apart all the issues in Yeats' scholarship and done whatever the folklorist equivalent of historiography is.

Does anyone have any recommendations of something that is a good general work? (Think "overview of this area of scholarship" or "everyone has to read this in their intro seminar"?)

Limitations/requirements:

• I have intermittent brain fog, so I can do academic reading but not too many sentences full of subclauses
• I mainly have access to community vs university libraries, and limited income for specialized books (unless it's inexpensive on half.com)
• I'm mostly interested in Brigid, but am also a research nerd
• Geographic area (i.e. Ireland, Germany, etc) is not of primary concern
• Ideally the book would also summarize other academic work in the area, not just summarize the author's own theories
• I get hand pain so if it doesn't weigh 5 lbs that is preferable

Thanks in advance!

 
I have books that are kind of encyclopedias of British folklore written by actual folklorists if that would be useful? (I'm not sure how much counts as "Celtic" though, a lot of it wont because it's post christian)

I've been reading what Celtic folklore I could find that was public domain, which is mostly W.B. Yeats who I often find largely unreadable (and also kind of annoying if we're being honest).

I realized the other day that I could probably find much better information if I read more modern scholarship by folklorists who've picked apart all the issues in Yeats' scholarship and done whatever the folklorist equivalent of historiography is.

Does anyone have any recommendations of something that is a good general work? (Think "overview of this area of scholarship" or "everyone has to read this in their intro seminar"?)

Limitations/requirements:

• I have intermittent brain fog, so I can do academic reading but not too many sentences full of subclauses
• I mainly have access to community vs university libraries, and limited income for specialized books (unless it's inexpensive on half.com)
• I'm mostly interested in Brigid, but am also a research nerd
• Geographic area (i.e. Ireland, Germany, etc) is not of primary concern
• Ideally the book would also summarize other academic work in the area, not just summarize the author's own theories
• I get hand pain so if it doesn't weigh 5 lbs that is preferable

Thanks in advance!

 

Here is a good website for Celtic mythology and the actual mythological tales in Celtic cultures.  http://www.maryjones.us/