Celtic Myth and Legend

by Charles Squire

Overview

Now back in print for the first time in many years is one of the most comprehensive studies of Celtic mythology legend and poetry ever written, presenting the entire enthralling panorama of the mythical and legendary traditions of the ancient Gaelic and British Celts.

Here, in clear, compact, readable form are stories of all the chief characters of Celtic myth: the Gaelic gods and the giants they battled; the "Champions of the Red Branch" of Ulster, heroes of the great "Irish Iliad;" Finn and the Fenians; and the gods and heroes of the ancient Britons, down through the great deeds of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

Here is a book that covers the entire spectrum of this fascinating area of folklore, with numerous illustrations. It is not a book for scholars only, but for anyone who is interested in the roots of many of the world's finest plays, poems, short stories and novels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781398809925
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	04/01/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

An expert in Arthurian and British legends, Charles Squire wrote extensively on the subject just after the turn of the 20th century. His classic Celtic Myth and Legend, Poetry&Romance was abridged from an earlier, 1905 first edition entitled The Mythology of the British Islands.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

The Gaelic Gods and Their Stories 11

I The Gods of the Gaels 12

II The Gods Arrive 26

III The Rise of the Sun-god 36

IV The Gaelic Argonauts 45

V The War with the Giants 60

VI The Conquest of the Gods by Mortals 70

VII The Gods in Exile 80

VIII The Irish Iliad 97

IX Some Gaelic Love-stories 121

X Finn and the Fenians 135

XI The Decline and Fall of the Gods 155

The British Gods and Their Stories 173

XII The Gods of the Britons 174

XIII The Adventures of the Gods of Hades 195

XIV The Wooing of Branwen and the Beheading of Brân 204

XV The War of Enchantments 211

XVI The Victories of Light over Darkness 217

XVII The Mythological 'Coming of Arthur' 223

XVIII The Treasures of Britain 241

XIX The Gods as King Arthur's Knights 255

XX The Decline and Fall of the Gods 267

Survivals of the Celtic Paganism 287

XXI Survivals of the Celtic Paganism into Modern Times 288