Minimal use of scholarly notes and a highly accessible style make this reader-friendly volume an ideal steppingstone in the path toward the magic cauldron of Celtic myth.
This guide presents that knowledge in over 400 copiously illustrated articles, together with a comprehensive historical introduction.
This book is a celebration of that lore and legend. Its main purposes are to explore the old tales that have come down to us across the years and to see how they have shaped and honed our perceptions about Celtic life.
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PREFACE: This book is what its authors believes to be the only attempt yet made to put the English reader into possession, in clear, compact, and what it is hoped may prove agreeable, form, of the mythical, legendary, and poetic traditions ...
Royalty, warriors, deities, giants, monsters, and wizards of Celtic myth and legend join forces.
Developed from an early oral storytelling tradition dating back to the dawn of European culture, this is one of the oldest and most vibrant of Europe's mythologies.
Celtic Myth and Legend: Poetry & Romance
This is an enchantingly told collection of the stirring sagas of gods and goddesses, fabulous beasts, strange creatures, and such heroes as Cuchulain, Fingal, and King Arthur from the ancient Celtic world.
We will explore later exactly whatis meant byboth 'Celtic' and 'mythology', but at thispoint it mayhelp to briefly explain that the focus of this bookisonthe evidence for preChristian beliefs that later appeared ina number of written ...