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Myths and Legends of the Celts

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ISBN-10: 0141017945

ISBN-13: 9780141017945

Edition: 2006

Authors: James MacKillop

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This guide looks at the gods and goddesses of Celtic myth; at the nature of Celtic religion, with its rituals of sun and moon worship; and at the druids who served society as judges, diviners and philosophers.
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Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Publication date: 6/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.80" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Lane Relyea is Associate Professor and Chair of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University and the Editor-in-Chief of Art Journal. His essays and reviews have appeared in such journals as Artforum, Parkett, Frieze, Art in America, and Flash Art.James MacKillop is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Georgia, where he is also Associate Director of the William and Barbara Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Brown University.

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Remnants of Celtic religion
Sacred kingship in early Ireland
Goddesses, warrior queens and saints
Calendar feasts
Otherworlds
Irish beginnings : the Lebor Gabala Erenn
The Irish mythological cycle
The Ulster cycle, part I
The Ulster cycle, part II : Cuchulainn and the Tain
The Fenian cycle
The cycles of the kings
British roots and welsh traditions
Survivals in the oral traditions of Celtic lands