On the Edge of Dream

Exerting all the primal pull of great storytelling, these 15 haunting and lyrical tales activate ancient memories buried deeply within our collective unconscious. Featuring startling transformations and sweet revenge, bawdy humor and melancholy lyricism, the tales gathered here celebrate the deep reverence which the Celts had for all natural phenomena.

Jennifer Heath was born in Australia, raised in Latin America, and has lived and gardened the world over. A person of wide-ranging talents and interests, Heath is a novelist, a student of Celtic literature, and the author of On the Edge of Dream: The Women of Celtic Myth and Legend (available from Plume). She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Introduction

ix

Macha

1

(12)

The Wren's Triad

13

(42)

I Rhiannon

15

(11)

II Fand

26

(15)

III Emer

41

(14)

Cerridwen

55

(10)

Blodeuwedd

65

(22)

Banfennid

87

(32)

I Creidne

89

(16)

II Assa/Ni Assa (Gentle/Ungentle)

105

(14)

Fith-Fath Suite

119

(38)

I The Hound

121

(12)

II The Doe

133

(7)

III The Fawn

140

(17)

The Romance of Mis and Dubh Ruis

157

(12)

Mala Lucina (The Evil Midwife)

169

(18)

Silvertree and Goldtree

187

(12)

The Cailleach (Old Woman)

199

(6)

A Brief Pronunciation Guide

205

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