The Religion of the Ancient Celts eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 445 pages of information about The Religion of the Ancient Celts.

The Religion of the Ancient Celts eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 445 pages of information about The Religion of the Ancient Celts.

CHAP.  PAGE

I. Introductory 1
iiThe Celtic people 8
iiiThe gods of Gaul and the continental Celts 22
ivThe Irish mythological cycle 49
V. The Tuatha de danann 63
viThe gods of the Brythons 95
viiThe Cuchulainn cycle 127
viiiThe Fionn saga 142
ixGods and men 158
X. The cult of the dead 165
xiPrimitive nature worship 171
xiiRiver and well worship 181
xiiiTree and plant worship 198
xivAnimal worship 208
xvCosmogony 227
xviSacrifice, prayer, and divination 233
xviiTabu 252
xviiiFestivals 256
xixAccessories of cult 279
xxThe Druids 293
xxiMagic 319
xxiiThe state of the dead 333
xxiiiRebirth and transmigration 348
xxivElysium 362

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES THROUGHOUT THIS WORK

(This list is not a Bibliography.)

Brand:  Rev. J. Brand, Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain. 3 vols. 1870.

Blanchet:  A. Blanchet, Traite des monnaies gauloises. 2 vols.  Paris, 1905.

Bertrand:  A. Bertrand, Religion des gaulois. Paris, 1897.

Campbell, WHT:  J.F.  Campbell, Popular Tales of the West Highlands. 4 vols.  Edinburgh, 1890.

CAMPBELL LF:  J.F.  Campbell, Leabhar na Feinne. London, 1872.

CAMPBELL, Superstitions:  J.G.  Campbell, Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. 1900.

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