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Jeremiah Curtin was born about 1840, in Greenfield, near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents were David and Ellen (Furlong) Curtin.
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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, novelist and the Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especially for his internationally known best-seller Quo Vadis (1896). Born into an impoverished Polish noble family in Russian-ruled Congress Poland, in the late 1860s he began publishing journalistic and literary pieces. In the late 1870s he traveled to the United States, sending back travel essays that won him popularity with Polish readers. In the 1880s he began serializing novels that further increased his popularity. He soon became one of the most popular Polish writers of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and numerous translations gained him international renown, culminating in his receipt of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer." Many of his novels remain in print. In Poland he is best known for his "Trilogy" of historical novels – With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, and Sir Michael – set in the 17th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; internationally he is best known for Quo Vadis, set in Nero's Rome. The Trilogy and Quo Vadis have been filmed, the latter several times, with Hollywood's 1951 version receiving the most international recognition. Jeremiah Curtin (1835-1906) was one of the outstanding linguistic field-workers of the 19th century, though much of his material remains in manuscript form. His scholarly reputation rests primarily on his activity as folklorist and translator of the works of Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916), the Nobel Prize-winning novelist. Curtin was born in Detroit and brought up in the wilds of Wisconsin, where his parents, immigrants from Ireland, made a farm. Leaving home at 21, he worked his way through Harvard, learning new languages at every opportunity. After a brief period as a junior diplomat in St .Petersburg, he worked as a journalist and eventually joined the Bureau of American Ethnology as a field worker. His assignments took him to the Seneca, to various tribes in Oklahoma and to California and Oregon, where he gathered folktales, myths, and other linguistics materials from many languages of aboriginal America. Returning to Europe on numerous occasions, Curtin gathered and published folklore from Eastern Europe and Ireland; in addition, he continued his studies of the languages of the Caucasus, of India and Persia. Work in Siberia resulted in two volumes about the Mongols. Throughout much of the latter part of his life he continued his translations from the Russian and Polish.
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Quo Vadis is a historical novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in Polish under its Latin title in 1896. The title means "where are you going?" and alludes to a New Testament verse (John 13:36). The novel is set in ancient Rome during the reign of the emperor Nero and tells the story of the love that develops between a young Christian woman and a Roman officer who, after meeting her fellow Christians, converts to her religion. Underlying their relationship is the contrast between the worldly opulence of the Roman aristocracy and the poverty, simplicity, and spiritual power of the Christians. Henryk Sienkiewicz won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature. A Polish writer and patriot, he is best known abroad for his monumental historical epic Quo Vadis that portrays the vibrant and dissonant combination of cruel excesses and decadence of Rome during the reign of the corrupt Emperor Nero and the high faith of the emerging era of early Christianity.
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Book Description: "A fairy (also fey or fae or faerie; collectively, wee folk, good folk, people of peace, and other euphemisms) is the name given to an alleged metaphysical spirit or supernatural being. The fairy is based on the fae of medieval Western European (Old French) folklore and romance. Fairies are often identified with related beings of other mythologies (see list of beings referred to as fairies). Even in folklore that uses the term "fairy," there are many definitions of what constitutes a fairy. Sometimes the term is used to describe any magical creature, including goblins or gnomes: at other times, the term only describes a specific type of more ethereal creature. Fairies are generally described as human in appearance and as having magical powers. Their origins are less clear in the folklore, being variously the dead, or some form of angel, or a species completely independent of humans or angels. Folklorists have suggested that their actual origin lies in a conquered race living in hiding, or in religious beliefs that lost currency with the advent of Christianity. These explanations are not always mutually incompatible, and they may be traceable to multiple sources. Much of the folklore about fairies revolves about protection from their malice, by such means as cold iron (fairies don't like iron and will not go near it) or charms of rowan and herbs, or avoiding offense by shunning locations known to be theirs. In particular, folklore describes how to prevent the fairies from stealing babies and substituting changelings, and abducting older people as well. Many folktales are told of fairies, and they appear as characters in stories from medieval tales of chivalry, to Victorian fairy tales, and up to the present day in modern literature." (Quote from wikipedia.org) Table of Contents: Publisher's Preface; Introduction; John Connors And The Fairies; Fitzgerald And Daniel O' Donohue; The Fairies Of Rahonain And Elizabeth Shea; The Knights Of Kerry - Rahonain Castle; The Cattle Jobber Of Awnascawil; The Midwife Of Listowel; Daniel Crowley And The Ghosts; Tom Daly And The Nut-eating Ghost; Tom Connors And The Dead Girl; The Farmer Of Tralee And The Fairy Cows; The Two Gamblers And The Fairies; The Girl And The Robber; Maurice Griffin And The Fairy Doctor; The Three Sisters And Their Husbands, Three Brothers; John Shea And The Treasure; Note; St Martin's Eve; James Murray And Saint Martin; Fairy Cows; John Reardon And The Sister Ghosts; Maggie Doyle And The Dead Man; Pat Doyle And The Ghost; The Ghost Of Sneem; The Dead Mother; Tim Sheehy Sent Back To This World To Prove His Innocence; Tom Moore And The Seal Woman; The Four-leafed Shamrock; Note; John Cokeley And The Fairy; Tom Foley's Ghost; Note; The Blood-drawing Ghost; Murderous Ghosts; Endnotes About the Publisher: Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
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A century ago, a Smithsonian Institution ethnographer traversed the byways of rural Ireland to listen to villagers recount stories of fairies, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures. Thus did Jeremiah Curtin become one of the foremost authorities on Irish folklore, as he documented and recorded these authentic, traditional tales from the Emerald Isle. Many of Curtin's storytellers not only maintained a sincere belief in fairies but also claimed firsthand experience of the sprites, wraiths, and specters that enliven their narratives. This volume contains 30 beguiling stories of such fairy folk, departed spirits, and other apparitions that either shun human society or take a malicious delight in meddling with the living. A bachelor's peculiar confrontations with spectral beings are recounted in "Daniel Crowley and the Ghosts," while "Fairies of Rahonain and Elizabeth Shea" tells of a phantom that comes and goes on earth, punishing her negligent kin in true otherworldly fashion. Other tales include "Tom Connors and the Dead Girl," "Maurice Griffin and the Fairy Doctor," "The Ghost of Sneem," "Tom Moore and the Seal Woman," and "The Blood-Drawing Ghost." This appealing collection not only is a valuable resource for students of anthropology and aficionados of Celtic lore, it will provide hours of enchanting reading for all lovers of folktales.
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At a time when the state of Poland was constantly undergoing political turmoil, Henryk Sienkiewicz wasn’t afraid to ruffle feathers. Having already achieved success in his career around the end of the 19th century, the Polish journalist negatively portrayed the Teutonic Order at a time in which his audience lived under German rule. At the same time, he meticulously included historical language in his works, a sort of celebration of authenticity and the past. He would earn a Nobel Prize in 1905 for "outstanding merits as an epic writer." Sienkiewicz mastered historical novels that vividly put readers in places as distinct as 17th century Poland and Ancient Rome. He is still well regarded today for novels like With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, Quo Vadis, and Fire in the Steppe.
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In 1883 a Smithsonian Institution ethnologist traveled to western New York State to record the traditional tales of the Iroquois tribe known as the Seneca. These myths — picturesque, archaic, even grotesque — appear here in their original form, exactly as spoken. Many focus on seasons or weather; others creation myths and animals.Jeremiah Curtin (6 September 1835 – 14 December 1906) was an American translator and folklorist. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Curtin spent his early life in what is now, Greendale, Wisconsin4 and later graduated from Harvard College in 1863. In 1864 he went to Russia, where he worked for the U.S. legation and as a translator. He left Russia in 1877, stayed a year in London, and returned to the United States, where he worked for the Bureau of American Ethnology.
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About the Book Fairy tales, wonder tales, magic tales are a folklore genre taking the form of a short story that typically includes magical beings such as dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches. Generally, magic or enchantments are involved. Fairy tales are distinguished from legends, are mainly derived from European tradition and folk lore, and are generally children's literature. Mythology has a broader and older pedigree than fairy tales, dating back to ancient times in a number of European, African, Middle Eastern and Asian civilizations. Best known among these to Western audiences are Ancient Greek and Old Norse myths and legends. Generally, these myths and legends describe epic quests, journeys and interactions between human adventurers or heroes and god-like deities. Also in this Book A short story collection is a book that contains short stories written by a single author. It is distinguished from an anthology of fiction, which includes stories by more than one author. About us Leopold Classic Library has the goal of making available to readers the classic books that have been out of print for decades. While these books may have occasional imperfections, we consider that only hand checking of every page ensures readable content without poor picture quality, blurred or missing text etc. That's why we: • republish only hand checked books; • that are high quality; • enabling readers to see classic books in original formats; that • are unlikely to have missing or blurred pages. You can search "Leopold Classic Library" in categories of your interest to find other books in our extensive collection. Happy reading!
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ethnographer folklorist translator
Jeremiah Curtin was born about 1840, in Greenfield, near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents were David and Ellen (Furlong) Curtin.
His parents provided him with a common-school education and, unwittingly, with a linguistic groundwork.
Opportunity to talk with German, Norwegian, and Polish settlers near Milwaukee, where he was born, gave him a start in the branch in which he became distinguished.
He worked his way through Carroll College at Waukesha, Wisconsin, through Phillips Exeter, to Harvard, where he was graduated in 1863.
The cruise of the Russian Admiral Lis- sofsky’s fleet to the waters of the United States in 1864, and Curtin’s pleasant acquaintance with some of the officers of the fleet led him to accept their invitation to go to Russia.
Owing to his talent as a linguist he is said to have been engaged in St. Petersburg as a translator of polyglot dispatches, and later was appointed assistant secretary of the United States Legation, holding this and other positions till 1870.
Urged by the desire to acquaint himself with the Slavonic group of languages and other tongues, he traveled in eastern Europe and Asia apparently in the service of the Russian government. Bearing a rich store of linguistic spoils, he then went for a year to the British Isles collecting folk-lore and myths in the ancestral homes of his kin in Ireland.
America and especially the Bureau of American Ethnology, with its studies of Indian languages, was his next objective, and shortly he was engaged in making independent researches in matters pertaining to the language and customs of the Iroquois, Modoc, Yuchi, Shawnee, and several other Indian tribes. After the Bureau episode, he set out on travels around the world, collecting myths of various peoples.
Curtin’s earliest published work consisted of translations of Henryk Sienkievicz, Alexis Tolstoy, Michael Zagoskin, and other authors. In these translations, which had a wide currency in the nineties, he preserved remarkably the fire of the originals.
Jeremiah Curtin died December 14, 1906 in Burlington Vermont and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Bristol.
In fact, Curtin was one of the outstanding linguists of the world. He was also prominent ethnographer, folklorist, and translator. As a collector of myths and tales few excelled him, largely because of his ability to master languages. More important were his ethnological contributions (many of them published posthumously) in four different fields: Celtic—represented by Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland (1890), Hero-Tales of Ireland (1894), Tales of the Fairies and of the Ghost World, Collected from Oral Tradition in South-West Munster (1895); Slavonic—represented by Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs and Magyars (1890), Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe (1914), Wonder Tales from Russia (1921); Mongolian—represented by The Mongols in Russia (1908), The Mongols: a History (1908), A Journey in Southern Siberia; the Mongols, their Religion and their Myths (1909); American Indian—represented by Creation Myths of Primitive America in Relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind (1898), Myths of the Modocs (1912), Introduction to Seneca Fiction, Legends and Myths (1919) in collaboration with J. N. B. Hewitt, Seneca Indian Myths (1923).
( About the Book Fairy tales, wonder tales, magic tales a...)
(Book Description: "A fairy (also fey or fae or faerie; ...)
( A century ago, a Smithsonian Institution ethnographer t...)
(Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( also known by t...)
(In 1883 a Smithsonian Institution ethnologist traveled to...)
(At a time when the state of Poland was constantly undergo...)
(Quo Vadis is a historical novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, pu...)
Having a working knowledge of all European languages, he had also more or less acquaintance with many others, the total said to be seventy languages and dialects. Of average height, with strong frame, broad cheek-bones, blue eyes, and a tawny curling full beard, he was a man of noteworthy appearance.
A strain of mysticism usually termed Celtic, proper in Curtin’s case, was observable in him and helped his tendency toward the romantic.
Jeremiah was married on July 17, 1872, to Alma M. Cordelle, daughter of James Cordelle of Warren, Vermont.
