Daoine Sidhe: Celtic superstitions of death within Irish fairy tales featuring the Dullahan and Banshee
Marissa Harris
Honors thesis analyzing the Dullahan and Banshee in Celtic fairy tales. Explores how Irish peasants used supernatural figures to understand death and cope with uncertainty.
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