The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World

Ella Young

Language: English

Genres: Children's Fiction Culture & Heritage Fiction Historical Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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1. Greeting, Foreward, Acknowledgements
2. How the Gubbaun Saor Got His Trade
3. How the Gubbaun Proved Himself
4. How the Gubbaun Saor Got His Son
5. How the Gubbaun Tried His Hand at Match-Making
6. How the Son of the Gubbaun Met with Good Luck
7. How the Gubbaun Saor Welcomed Home His Daughter
8. How the Gubbaun Quarreled with Aunya and What Came of It
9. How the Son of the Gubbaun Saor Talked with Lords from a Strange Country
10. The Building of Balor's Dune
11. How the Djinn Out of Balor's Country Brought a Message to Aunya
12. The Embassy of Balor's Son
13. The Gubbaun Saor's Feast
14. How the Gubbaun Saor Went Into the Country of the Ever-Young, and The Great Piast

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This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smith who lived in the 6th century, A.D. He was a builder in both wood and stone, and many churches, oratories, and bell towers were attributed to him. - Summary by Lynette Caulkins

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