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Popular Tales of the West Highlands

J. F. Campbell · 1860

Original text in Scottish Gaelic and English.

Tales from the Highlands taken down in Gaelic, with the name, age and occupation of each storyteller.

Tale · 111 parts · about 439 000 words · about 31 h 49 of reading

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Contents

Volume I

  1. Advertisement1 min
  2. Iain Mac Sheorais Mac Callen Mor To the Marquess of Lorne1 min
  3. Introduction. The Fairy-Egg, and What Came Out of It2 h 57
  4. Postscript3 min
  5. IThe Young King of Easaidh Ruadh26 min
  6. IIThe Battle of the Birds50 min
  7. IIIThe Tale of the Hoodie7 min
  8. IVThe Sea-Maiden39 min
  9. VConall Cra Bhuidhe21 min
  10. VIThe Tale of Conal Crovi16 min
  11. VIIThe Tale of Connal15 min
  12. VIIIMurchag a’s Mionachag5 min
  13. IXThe Brown Bear of the Green Glen12 min
  14. XThe Three Soldiers20 min
  15. XIThe Story of the White Pet9 min
  16. XIIThe Daughter of the Skies11 min
  17. XIIIThe Girl and the Dead Man6 min
  18. XIVThe King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter15 min
  19. XVThe Poor Brother and the Rich6 min
  20. XVIThe King of Lochlin’s Three Daughters14 min
  21. XVIIMaol a Chliobain21 min
  22. XVIIaFables18 min
  23. XVIIbBailie Lunnain10 min
  24. XVIIcThe Slim Swarthy Champion21 min
  25. XVIIdThe Tale of the Shifty Lad, the Widow’s Son32 min

Volume II

  1. XVIIIThe Chest15 min
  2. XIXThe Inheritance5 min
  3. XXThe Three Wise Men8 min
  4. XXIA Puzzle2 min
  5. XXIIThe Ridere (Knight) of Riddles10 min
  6. XXIIIThe Burgh1 min
  7. XXIVThe Tulman1 min
  8. XXVThe Isle of Pabaidh1 min
  9. XXVISanntraigh3 min
  10. XXVIICailliach Mhor Chlibhrich1 min
  11. XXVIIIThe Smith and the Fairies38 min
  12. XXIXThe Fine8 min
  13. XXXThe Two Shepherds32 min
  14. XXXIOsean After the Feen10 min
  15. XXXIIThe Barra Widow’s Son18 min
  16. XXXIIIThe Tale of the Queen Who Sought a Drink from a Certain Well6 min
  17. XXXIVThe Origin of Loch Ness1 min
  18. XXXVConall27 min
  19. XXXVIMaghach Colgar18 min
  20. XXXVIIThe Brollachan10 min
  21. XXXVIIIMurachadh Mac Brian22 min
  22. XXXIXThe Three Widows27 min
  23. XLThe Son of the Scottish Yeoman Who Stole the Bishop’s Horse and Daughter, and the Bishop Himself28 min
  24. XLIThe Widow and Her Daughters12 min
  25. XLIIThe Tale of the Soldier8 min
  26. XLIIIThe Sharp Grey Sheep6 min
  27. XLIVThe Widow’s Son17 min
  28. XLVMac-a-Rusgaich21 min
  29. XLVIMac Iain Direach37 min
  30. XLVIIFearachur Leigh18 min
  31. XLVIIIThe Tale of Sgire Mo Chealag19 min
  32. XLIXThe Cat and the Mouse.*1 min
  33. LThe Three Questions9 min
  34. LIThe Fair Gruagach, Son of the King of Eirinn23 min
  35. LIIThe Knight of the Red Shield44 min
  36. LVIIThe Tail1 min

Volume III

  1. LVIIIThe Rider of Grianaig,¹ and Iain the Soldier's Son30 min
  2. LIXFionn’s Questions2 min
  3. LXDiarmaid and Grainne.*9 min
  4. LXIThe Lay of Diarmaid37 min
  5. LXIIHow the Fox Took a Turn Out of the Goat2 min
  6. LXIIIHow the Cock Took a Turn Out of the Fox, and No Creature Ever Took a Turn Out of Him but That Cock1 min
  7. LXIVThe Hen3 min
  8. LXVThe Keg of Butter4 min
  9. LXVIThe Fox and the Little Bonnach3 min
  10. LXVIICaol Reidhinn. Why the Name Was Given to It3 min
  11. LXVIII1 min
  12. LXIXThomas of the Thumb3 min
  13. LXXThe Bulls2 min
  14. LXXIThe Hoodie Catechising the Young One1 min
  15. LXXIIThe Hoodie and the Fox1 min
  16. LXXIIIThe Yellow Muilearteach13 min
  17. LXXIVThe Story of the Lay of the Great Fool20 min
  18. LXXVSpagach7 min
  19. LXXVIConall Gulban; Or Guilbeinach, or Gulbatrneach2 h 17
  20. LXXVIIJohn, Son of the King of Bergen3 min
  21. LXXVIIIThe Master and His Man4 min
  22. LXXIXThe Praise of Goll1 min
  23. LXXXOsgar, the Son of Oisein11 min
  24. LXXXIThe Lay of Osgar12 min
  25. LXXXIIHow the Een Was Set Up12 min
  26. LXXXIIIThe Reason Why the Dallag (Dog-Fish) Is Called the King's Fish6 min
  27. LXXXIVManus26 min
  28. LXXXVThe Song of the Smithy21 min
  29. LXXXVIThe Daughter of King Under-Waves27 min

Volume IV

  1. Postscript5 min
  2. III. Mythology1 min
  3. I. Ossian23 min
  4. Authorities48 min
  5. Traditions, Writings, Etc37 min
  6. Ossian. Published Evidence23 min
  7. Popular Ballads6 min
  8. Current Gaelic Traditions—Ossian and Ballads17 min
  9. Gaelic Ossian—Internal Evidence, Etc8 min
  10. Ossian to the Setting Sun9 min
  11. On the Gaelic Poetry of Known and Unknown Bards, Published and Traditional. (H. Maclean.)1 h 40
  12. Proverbs6 min
  13. II—Traditions. British Traditions9 min
  14. Gaelic Ballad Metre and Assonance4 min
  15. Welsh Stories37 min
  16. III.—Mythology. Origin of Such Stories17 min
  17. West Highland Stories35 min
  18. A Plea for Gaelic5 min
  19. Gaelic and English13 min
  20. Dress17 min
  21. Celtic Art25 min

About this text

J. F. Campbell († 1885): public-domain work. The text is that of la transcription établie par Erostrate sur le fac-similé d'Internet Archive (Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Orally Collected, with a Translation, new edition, 4 vol., Paisley, Alexander Gardner, 1890-1893). Erostrate has not changed a single word: only the layout and the division into pages are ours.

Note on the edition (in French): Partie anglaise de la nouvelle édition (Islay Association) : traductions, résumés de variantes et notes de Campbell ; textes gaéliques non repris, mots et phrases gaéliques cités dans le texte anglais gardés. Tables et index non repris. Transcription vérifiée sur les fac-similés d'archive.org (populartalesofwe18camp, 19camp, 21camp, 22camp).

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