Armin Zamani Renani

Independent Researcher, Iran

DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i1-54

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ABSTRACT

Three collections of Irish folktales and myths were gathered by a Smithsonian ethnographer named Jeremiah Curtin in the 19th century, and they were titled: Hero-Tales of Ireland, Tales of the Fairies and the Ghost World and Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland. Contained within them are various stories that Curtin himself transcribed as he listened to Irish narrators tell the stories, and some are different versions of the same stories, yet the symbolism and structures used are completely different at times. Two volumes, Hero-Tales of Ireland and Myths and Folktales of Ireland are chosen for the purpose of this study, and they contain 44 stories. The theories of Joseph Campbell on psychoanalysis and mythology are applied in order to help the reader grasp the world view of ancient Irish people in the myths, recurring archetypes and characters and their roles and their connection to the collective unconscious and the three steps of Departure, Initiation and Return which he finds in the hero’s journey and its relation to the Monomyth.

KEYWORDS:

Jeremiah Curtin, Ireland, Celts, Joseph Campbell, mythology, folktale, archetype, C. G. Jung

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NOTES
The name of the stories taken from the books are as follows:
STORIES FROM HERO-TALES ARE
Story 1: Elin Gow, the Swordsmith from Erin, and the Cow Glas Gainach

Story 2: Mor’s Son and The Herder from Under the Sea

Story 3: Saudan Og and The Daughter of the King of Spain; Young Conal and The Yellow King’s Daughter

Story 4: The Black Thief and King Conal’s Three Horses

Story 5: The King’s Son from Erin, The Sprisawn, And the Dark King

Story 6: The Amadan Mor and the Gruagach of the Castle of Gold

Story 7: The King’s Son and The White-Bearded Scolog

Story 8: Dyeermud Ulta and the King in South Erin

Story 9: Cud, Cad, and Micad, Three Sons of the King of Urhu

Story 10: Cahal, Son of King Conor, And Bloom of Youth, Daughter of the King of Hathony

Story 11: Coldfeet and the Queen of Lonesome Island

Story 12: Lawn Dyarrig, Son of the King of Erin, And the Knight of Terrible Valley

Story 13: Balor on Tory Island

Story 14: Balor of the Evil Eye and Lui Lavada, His Grandson

Story 15: Art, The King’s Son, And Balor Beimenach, Two Sons-In-Law of King Under the Wave

Story 16: Shawn MacBreogan and the King of the White Nation

Story 17: The Cotter’s Son and the Half Slim Champion

Story 18: Blaiman, Son of Apple, In the Kingdom of White Strand

Story 19: Fin MacCool, And the Daughter of the King of White Nation

Story 20: Fin MacCool, the Three Giants, and the Small Men

Story 21: Fin MacCool, Ceadach Og, and the Fish-Hag

Story 22: Fin MacCool. Faolan, And the Mountain of Happiness

Story 23: Fin MacCool, the Hard Gilla, and the High King

Story 24: Battle of Ventry

STORIES FROM MYTHS AND FOLK-LORE ARE
Story 1: The Son of the King of Erin and the Giant of Loch Lein

Story 2: The Three Daughters of King O'Hara

Story 3: The Weaver's Son and the Giant of the White Hill

Story 4: Fair, Brown and Trembling

Story 5: The King of Erin and the Queen of the Lonesome Island

Story 6: The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire

Story 7: The Three Daughters of the King of the East and the Son of a King in Erin

Story 8: The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks

Story 9: The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin

Story 10: Kil Arthur

Story 11: Shaking-Head

Story 12: Birth of Fin MacCumhail and the Origins of the Fenians of Erin

Story 13: Fin MacCumhail and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear Dubh

Story 14: Fin MacCumhail and the Knight of the Full Axe

Story 15: Gilla na Grakin and Fin MacCumhail

Story 16: Fin MacCumhail the Seven Brothers and the King of France

Story 17: Black, Brown and Gray

Story 18: Fin MacCumhail and the Son of the King of Alba

Story 19: Cuculin

Story 20: Oisin in Tir Na N-Og

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