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FROM: Eileen Caulfield <[removed]@optonline.net>
REC'D: 5/12/01, 10:39 AM

I am looking for a fantasy novel set in England, Ireland or Wales,
possibly a readalike for the Mabinogion. Can anyone make any
recommendations?

FROM: Thelma Stone <[removed]@fortworthlibrary.org>
REC'D: 5/12/01, 11:53 AM

Morgan Llywelyn has a number of fantasy novels based on Irish legends
- Finn Mac Cool & The Lion of Ireland: the legend of Brian Boru

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 5/12/01, 12:24 PM

>From: Eileen Caulfield <[removed]@optonline.net>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Celtic fantasy
>Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:28:43 -0400
>
>I am looking for a fantasy novel set in England, Ireland or Wales,
>possibly a readalike for the Mabinogion. Can anyone make any
>recommendations?
>
>


Evangeline Walton wrote a tetralogy that would fit this description--in
fact, I think it was a novelization of either the Mabinogion or one of the
Irish cycles.
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FROM: Deborah Roy <[removed]@skyenet.net>
REC'D: 5/12/01, 12:56 PM

Oooh, interesting question! How close do you want this to be to the
Mabinogion? Here are a few titles that spring to mind right away...

Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain series, one of which won the
Newbery.

Glenna McReynolds' The Chalice and the Blade, The Dream Stone, and The
Prince of Time (trilogy) are set in a mythical medieval Wales and also
(3rd book) in the distant future. It sounds like a strange combination,
but I highly recommend them to anyone looking for Celtic fantasy.

There are, of course, the books by Marion Zimmer Bradley dealing with the
Arthurian legends, beginning with The Mists of Avalon.

Another book that might fit the bill -
Anna Lee Waldo's Circle of Stones, review from Amazon.com follows.

Waldo, author of the best-selling Sacajawea (1979), introduces the first
volume
of The Druid Circle, a series of historical novels based on a legendary
journey
undertaken by an intrepid band of Welshmen who sailed to the Americas a
full
three centuries before Columbus "discovered" the New World. After giving
birth
under a full moon to the illegitimate son of Prince Owain, Brenda flees to
her
native Ireland to protect her infant from his superstitious father. Raised
among
the Druids, young Madoc is destined by prophecy to one day guide his
adopted
people to an unknown land. Eventually returning to Wales, Brenda and Madoc

become entangled in both a religious controversy and a political struggle,
as
Christians clash with Druids and princelings vie for power and territory.
Bolstered by a crackerjack plot and a superbly rendered cast of
characters, this
engrossing narrative effectively conjures the semimystical world of the
medieval
Celts. Richly satisfying fare for fans of meaty historical epics.


Hope this helps. I'd love to see the final list!

Deborah Roy
Huntington City-Township Public Library
Huntington, Indiana

Eileen Caulfield wrote:

> I am looking for a fantasy novel set in England, Ireland or Wales,
> possibly a readalike for the Mabinogion. Can anyone make any
> recommendations?
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: Thelma Stone <[removed]@fortworthlibrary.org>
REC'D: 5/12/01, 1:28 PM

I forgot Diana L. Paxson & Adrienne Martine-Barnes trilogy on Finn Mac
Cool AKA Fionn MacCumhal. The Chronicles of Fionn MacCumhal consists of
Master of Earth and Water, The Shield Between the Worlds and Sword of Fire
and Shadow.

FROM: "Alison Hendon" <[removed]@vabish.com>
REC'D: 5/12/01, 8:50 PM

The Owl Service by Alan Garner is based on one of the Mabinogion
legends, set in Wales.

Alison Hendon

> I am looking for a fantasy novel set in England, Ireland or Wales,
> possibly a readalike for the Mabinogion. Can anyone make any
> recommendations?
>
>
> ......................................................................
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Alison Hendon
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"Though my soul may set in darkness,
It will rise in perfect light,
I have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night...."
- Sarah Williams, "The Old Astronomer to His Pupil"

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 5/14/01, 7:45 AM

Evangeline Walton's The Island of the Mighty.


Marsha Valance
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Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
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Milwaukee, WI 53233
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>>> [removed]@optonline.net 05/12/01 10:28AM >>>
I am looking for a fantasy novel set in England, Ireland or Wales,
possibly a readalike for the Mabinogion. Can anyone make any
recommendations?

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 5/14/01, 9:52 AM

At 05:24 PM 5/12/01 -0000, you wrote:
>
>
>
>>From: Eileen Caulfield <[removed]@optonline.net>
>>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>>Subject: Celtic fantasy
>>Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:28:43 -0400
>>
>>I am looking for a fantasy novel set in England, Ireland or Wales,
>>possibly a readalike for the Mabinogion. Can anyone make any
>>recommendations?
>>
>>
>
>Evangeline Walton wrote a tetralogy that would fit this description--in
>fact, I think it was a novelization of either the Mabinogion or one of the
>Irish cycles.


It was a novelization of the "Four Branches" section of MABINOGION. The
first book published was THE VIRGIN AND THE SWINE way back in 1936; when
Ballantine Books reprinted this around 1970 in their "Ballantine Adult
Fantasy" series (retitling it THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY), they discovered
Walton had done the other three branches as well but had not been able
to sell them. (I hope I'm recalling correctly that they had already
been written, but that's irrelevant anyway...) They were published
by Ballantine in reverse order (3rd, 2nd, 1st) as THE CHILDREN OF LLYR
(1971); THE SONG OF RHIANNON (1972); and PRINCE OF ANNWYN (1974).

See also various works by Kenneth Morris, Alan Garner, Susan Cooper,
etc. as detailed at

http://pages.britishlibrary.net/ccs/papers/sullivan/chip.html

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fantasy_worlds/25903

http://www.io.com/~tittle/books/arthurian.html#cel

and this book:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Author: Sullivan, Charles Wm. (Charles William), 1944-

Title: Welsh Celtic myth in modern fantasy / C.W. Sullivan III.

Published: New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.

Description: xvi, 181 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects, Library of Congress (Use s=):
Mabinogion--Influence.
Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Mythology, Celtic, in literature.


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "David and Judy Mullen" <[removed]@msn.com>
REC'D: 5/14/01, 1:53 PM

The Perilous Guard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Dennis Lien
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 10:48 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Celtic fantasy


At 05:24 PM 5/12/01 -0000, you wrote:
>
>
>
>>From: Eileen Caulfield <[removed]@optonline.net>
>>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>>Subject: Celtic fantasy
>>Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:28:43 -0400
>>
>>I am looking for a fantasy novel set in England, Ireland or Wales,
>>possibly a readalike for the Mabinogion. Can anyone make any
>>recommendations?
>>
>>
>
>Evangeline Walton wrote a tetralogy that would fit this description--in
>fact, I think it was a novelization of either the Mabinogion or one of the
>Irish cycles.


It was a novelization of the "Four Branches" section of MABINOGION. The
first book published was THE VIRGIN AND THE SWINE way back in 1936; when
Ballantine Books reprinted this around 1970 in their "Ballantine Adult
Fantasy" series (retitling it THE ISLAND OF THE MIGHTY), they discovered
Walton had done the other three branches as well but had not been able
to sell them. (I hope I'm recalling correctly that they had already
been written, but that's irrelevant anyway...) They were published
by Ballantine in reverse order (3rd, 2nd, 1st) as THE CHILDREN OF LLYR
(1971); THE SONG OF RHIANNON (1972); and PRINCE OF ANNWYN (1974).

See also various works by Kenneth Morris, Alan Garner, Susan Cooper,
etc. as detailed at

http://pages.britishlibrary.net/ccs/papers/sullivan/chip.html

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fantasy_worlds/25903

http://www.io.com/~tittle/books/arthurian.html#cel

and this book:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Author: Sullivan, Charles Wm. (Charles William), 1944-

Title: Welsh Celtic myth in modern fantasy / C.W. Sullivan III.

Published: New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.

Description: xvi, 181 p. ; 24 cm.

Subjects, Library of Congress (Use s=):
Mabinogion--Influence.
Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Mythology, Celtic, in literature.


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: Lisa DavisCraig <[removed]@metronet.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 5/15/01, 4:36 PM

Juliet Marillier's Sevenwater's trilogy is Celtic fantasy set in
Ireland (mostly). I don't know if it's a read-alike for the Mabinogion.
The first book is based on the tale of the seven brothers who get turned
into swans and the sister who must rescue them--it was called _Daughter
of the Forest._ I've just started the second book, _Son of the shadows_
so I can't say much about it.

Lisa D-C, [removed]@metronet.lib.mi.us
"Books are food, libraries so many dishes of meat, served out for several
palates... We eat them from love or necessity, as other foods, but mostly
from love." Holbrook Jackson

On Sat, 12 May 2001, Eileen Caulfield wrote:

> I am looking for a fantasy novel set in England, Ireland or Wales,
> possibly a readalike for the Mabinogion. Can anyone make any
> recommendations?
>
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

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