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John Francis Campbell (Iain Frangan Caimbeul, known in Scottish Gaelic as Iain Og Ile ('Young John of Islay')) (1821-1885) was a Celtic scholar. He was educated at Eton and Edinburgh. He was Secretary to the Lighthouse Commission. He was an authority on Celtic folk-lore, and published the bilingual Popular Tales of the West Highlands (4 vols., 1860-62), and various Gaelic texts. He also invented the sunshine recorder that bears his name as the...

The Scottish folklorist J.F. Campbell pieced together the tale of the Celtic Dragon, an intricate oft-told story involving not just dragons but mermaids, giants, and fairies. This story, or portions thereof, is found in many Indo-European folklore traditions, as far away as India. Campbell includes not only his merged narrative, but original Gaelic texts for two of the episodes. This book includes an introduction by George Henderson, the Gaeli...