Dictionary of Celtic myth and legend
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Dictionary of Celtic myth and legend
Thames & Hudson, 1997
1st paperback ed.
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Bibliography: p. [229]-238
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Warlike, exuberant and superstitious, the ancient Celts saw divinities in every facet of life and nature, venerating deities of the sun, thunder, water, war, healing, hunting, fertility and death. They possessed a complicated array of concepts and rituals, a powerful priesthood - the Druids - and a pantheon which included the goddess-queen Medb and the Morrigan, a sinister war-goddess.
This dictionary contains entries on every aspect of Celtic myth, religion and folklore in Britain and Europe between 500 BC and AD 400. In parallel with the findings of archaeological research, the testimony of Classical writers and the earliest recorded versions of the pagan oral traditions of Wales and Ireland provide us with a complete record of Celtic lore.
Table of Contents
Divinities * Festivals * Holy Places * Legendary Heroes * Mythological Beings * Natural Phenomena * Otherworld * Priests * Religious Concepts * Ritual * Sacred Animals * Sacrifice * Sites * Symbols
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