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Abstract
Otherworld offers a lively translation and retelling of little-known, anonymous stories composed over a thousand years ago in the monastic libraries of Ireland. In poetry and prose, the tales tell us what happens when human and supernatural lovers cross the boundaries between our world and the magical Otherworld (síd) and its creatures (áes síde). Set in a lost time of heroes, demigods, and warrior queens, these stories inspired some of the earliest fairy tales of Europe, but they are sexier, funnier, and bloodier than better-known medieval myths and romances. While retelling the tales, this book also traces themes and characters that link the nine stories and interprets crucial details often lost on modern readers. With beguiling illustrations by Saba Joshaghani, Otherworld opens a modern portal to the síd and to the imagination of storytellers who lived long ago.
Title: Otherworld
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Abstract
Otherworld offers a lively translation and retelling of little-known, anonymous stories composed over a thousand years ago in the monastic libraries of Ireland.
In poetry and prose, the tales tell us what happens when human and supernatural lovers cross the boundaries between our world and the magical Otherworld (síd) and its creatures (áes síde).
Set in a lost time of heroes, demigods, and warrior queens, these stories inspired some of the earliest fairy tales of Europe, but they are sexier, funnier, and bloodier than better-known medieval myths and romances.
While retelling the tales, this book also traces themes and characters that link the nine stories and interprets crucial details often lost on modern readers.
With beguiling illustrations by Saba Joshaghani, Otherworld opens a modern portal to the síd and to the imagination of storytellers who lived long ago.