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Celtic Myth and Legend
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Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples. Like other Iron Age Europeans, Celtic peoples followed a polytheistic religion, having many gods and goddesses. The mythologies of continental Celtic peoples, such as the Gauls and Celtiberians, did not survive their conquest by the Roman Empire, the loss of their Celtic languages and their subsequent conversion to Christianity. Only remnants are found in Greco-Roman sources and archaeology. Most surviving Celtic mythology belongs to the Insular Celtic peoples (the Gaels of Ireland and Scotland; the Celtic Britons of western Britain and Brittany). They preserved some of their myths in oral lore, which were eventually written down by Christian scribes in the Middle Ages. Irish mythology has the largest written body of myths, followed by Welsh mythology.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Celtic Myth and Legend
- Table of contents
- The Mythology Of The British Islands
- I. The Interest And Importance Of Celtic Mythology
- II. The Sources Of Our Knowledge Of The Celtic Mythology
- III. Who Were The “Ancient Britons”?
- IV. The Religion Of The Ancient Britons And Druidism
- The Gaelic Gods And Their Stories
- V. The Gods Of The Gaels
- VI. The Gods Arrive
- VII. The Rise Of The Sun-God
- VIII. The Gaelic Argonauts
- IX. The War With The Giants
- X. The Conquest Of The Gods By Mortals
- XI. The Gods In Exile
- XII. The Irish Iliad
- XIII. Some Gaelic Love-Stories
- XIV. Finn And The Fenians
- XV. The Decline And Fall Of The Gods
- The British Gods And Their Stories
- XVI. The Gods Of The Britons
- XVII. The Adventures Of The Gods Of Hades
- XVIII. The Wooing Of Branwen And The Beheading Of Brân
- XIX. The War Of Enchantments
- XX. The Victories Of Light Over Darkness
- XXI. The Mythological “Coming Of Arthur”
- XXII. The Treasures Of Britain
- XXIII. The Gods As King Arthur’s Knights
- XXIV. The Decline And Fall Of The Gods
- Survivals Of The Celtic Paganism
- XXV. Survivals Of The Celtic Paganism Into Modern Times
- Table Of Pronunciation For The More Difficult Words
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