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Born in Detroit, Michigan, to Irish parents, Curtin spent his early life on the family farm in what is now Greendale, Wisconsin.
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These Russian, Czech, and Hungarian tales were collected by Jeremiah Curtin, an American translator and folklorist. This book can be recommended for everyone interested in mythology and folklore, as well as for people looking for interesting short stories to read. Contents: RUSSIAN MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES: THE THREE KINGDOMS,—THE COPPER, THE SILVER, AND THE GOLDEN IVAN TSAREVICH, THE FIRE-BIRD, AND THE GRAY WOLF IVAN THE PEASANT’S SON AND THE LITTLE MAN HIMSELF ONE-FINGER TALL, HIS MUSTACHE SEVEN VERSTS IN LENGTH THE FEATHER OF BRIGHT FINIST THE FALCON THE PIG WITH GOLD BRISTLES, THE DEER WITH GOLDEN HORNS, AND THE GOLDEN-MANED STEED WITH GOLDEN TAIL WATER OF YOUTH, WATER OF LIFE, AND WATER OF DEATH THE FOOTLESS AND BLIND CHAMPIONS THE THREE KINGDOMS KOSHCHÉI WITHOUT-DEATH VASSILISSA GOLDEN TRESS, BAREHEADED BEAUTY THE RING WITH TWELVE SCREWS THE FOOTLESS AND THE BLIND KOSHCHÉI WITHOUT-DEATH GO TO THE VERGE OF DESTRUCTION AND BRING BACK SHMAT-RAZUM MARYA MOREVNA VARIANT OF THE RESCUE OF IVAN TSAREVICH AND THE WINNING OF THE COLT YELENA THE WISE THE SEVEN SIMEONS, FULL BROTHERS THE ENCHANTED PRINCESS VASSILISSA THE CUNNING, AND THE TSAR OF THE SEA CHEKH MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES: BOYISLAV, YOUNGEST OF TWELVE THE TABLE, THE PACK, AND THE BAG THE KING OF THE TOADS THE MOUSE-HOLE, AND THE UNDERGROUND KINGDOM THE CUIRASSIER AND THE HORNED PRINCESS THE TREACHEROUS BROTHERS MAGYAR MYTHS AND FOLK-TALES: THE POOR MAN, AND THE KING OF THE CROWS THE USELESS WAGONER MIRKO, THE KING’S SON THE REED MAIDEN KISS MIKLOS, AND THE GREEN DAUGHTER OF THE GREEN KING THE HEDGEHOG, THE MERCHANT, THE KING, AND THE POOR MAN
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In retelling Native American creation myths, Harvard-educated linguist and ethnographer Jeremiah Curtin (1835–1906) provides readers with compelling narratives of the origin of the earth and its creatures. Accounts of conflicts, happenings, and methods by which an earlier world of man changed into the now-existing one, these tribal tales largely describe the struggles between hostile parties. Metamorphoses between combatants produce entirely different characters — sometimes a bird, a plant, or an insect — but always a creature corresponding in power to some leading quality of the character it has replaced. As a collector of myths and tales, few excelled Curtin and his remarkable linguistic abilities.
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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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A heartwarming and revealing collection of secret myths and legends. 20 extremely rare translations from Gaelic-speaking peoples, gathered along the backroads of Ireland. A must for any fan of Irish history, culture and mythology. 352 pages.
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The Mongols erupted out of Central Asia in 1206 and soon controlled an empire stretching from Poland to Korea; although remembered as a destructive force, they united a great part of the world under one rule, and their combined arms and mobile tactics have had considerable influence on subsequent military thinkers. Jeremia Curtin, born 1835, was an American translator and folklorist. He died in 1906.
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folklorist linguist translator
Born in Detroit, Michigan, to Irish parents, Curtin spent his early life on the family farm in what is now Greendale, Wisconsin.
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, Wis. , through Phillips Exeter, to Harvard, where he was graduated in 1863.
The cruise of the Russian Admiral Lissofsky'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 (1883 - 1891), 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. More important were his ethnological contributions (many of them published posthumously) in four different fields.
A strain of mysticism usually termed Celtic, proper in Curtin's case, was observable in him and helped his tendency toward the romantic. As a collector of myths and tales few excelled him, largely because of his ability to master languages. In fact, Curtin was one of the outstanding linguists of the world. 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.
He died December 14, 1906 in Burlington Vermont and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Bristol.
(The Mongols erupted out of Central Asia in 1206 and soon ...)
(In retelling Native American creation myths, Harvard-educ...)
( A century ago, a Smithsonian Institution ethnographer t...)
(These Russian, Czech, and Hungarian tales were collected ...)
(A heartwarming and revealing collection of secret myths a...)
Of average height, with strong frame, broad cheek-bones, blue eyes, and a tawny curling full beard, he was a man of noteworthy appearance.
He was married on July 17, 1872, to Alma M. Cordelle, daughter of James Cordelle of Warren. They together traveled extensively, collecting ethnological information, from the Modocs of the Pacific Northwest to the Buryats of Siberia.
