About the book: 2023 / The book is devoted to the analysis of four symbolic images of Irish mythology and folklore. All of them are women, all stand on the border between this world and the Other world, each carries a destructive principle, each is encoded with a significant name. The beautiful Etain, the prophetess Fedelm, the ugly trickster Leborham, Queen Gormlath - four images of Fate, four symbols that have one thing in common: they bring death to everyone who comes into contact with them. What is this? Ancient goddesses who took the form of mortal women, or the wives of a mysterious ancient “dark race” enslaved by the Celts, who left no hope of revenge? The publication is addressed to cultural scholars, literary scholars, students of the humanities and everyone interested in the archetypal basis of female images in European folklore. The publisher's document is saved in PDF A4 format book layout.