aes ‘The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Fairy Faith in Cote Courtros, by. Y. Evans Wentz Project Gutenberg's The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries, by W. ¥. Evans Wentz This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook ox online at www.guteaberg.net Title: The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries Author: Ww. ¥. Evans Wentz Release Date: January 5, 2011 [gBook #34853) English Character set encoding: I80-8859-1 ‘** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG E300K FAIRY-FAITU IN CELTIC COUNTRIES *** Produced by Ted Garvin and the Online Distribute Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Larger lage wun guerborg. orgies 85434853-194859-him ‘a0ee Project Gutenberg eBook The Faire Fathin ele Cates, byW. . Evers Went From Photograph by the Author ‘THE MYSTIC CENTRE OF THE CELTIC WORLD CARNACIN A. D, 1909 LOOKING TOWARD THE SUNRISE, FROM WITHIN THE CROMLECH, LES ALIGNEMENTS DU MENEC THE FAIRY-FAITH IN CELTIC COUNTRIES BY W. Y. EVANS WENTZ M.A. STANFORD UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA US.A. DOCTEUR-ES-LETTRES UNIVERSITY OF RENNES BRITTANY BSC, JESUS COLLEGE OXON. HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE 1911 ‘OXFORD: HORACE HART PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY THIS BOOK DEPENDS CHIEFLY UPON THE ORAL AND WRITTEN TESTIMONY, SO FREELY CONTRIBUTED BY ITS MANY CELTIC AUTHORS,— THE PEASANT AND THE SCHOLAR, THE PRIEST AND THE SCIENTIST, THE POET AND THE BUSINESS MAN, THE SEER AND THE NON-SEER— AND IN HONOUR OF THEM wun guerborg. orgies 85434853-194859-him 2108aes he Project Gutenberg eBook of The Fairy Faith in Cote Courtros, by. Y. Evans Wentz I DEDICATE ITTO ‘TWO OF THEIR BRETHREN IN IRELAND: AE, WHOSE UNWAVERING LOYALTY TO THE FAIRY-FAITH. HAS INSPIRED MUCH THAT I HAVE HEREIN WRITTEN, WHOSE FRIENDLY GUIDANCE IN MY STUDY OF IRISH MYSTICISM 1 MOST GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE; AND WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, WHO BROUGHT TO ME AT MY OWN ALMA MATER IN CALIFORNIA ‘THE FIRST MESSAGE FROM FAIRYLAND, AND WHO AFTERWARDS IN HIS OWN COUNTRY LED ME THROUGH THE HAUNTS OF FAIRY KINGS AND QUEENS. Oxrorp November 1911. ‘It remains for ever true that the proper study of mankind is man; and even early man is not beneath contempt, especially when he proves to have had within him the makings of a great race, with its highest notions of duty and right, and all else that is noblest in the human soul.” The Right Hon. Sir Jouy Ruvs evil PAGES PREFACE XbXiii xv 09 wun guerborg. orgies 85434853-194859-him