- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; New edition edition (22 July 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0198609671
- ISBN-13: 978-0198609674
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,260,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This definitive reference guide to all things Celtic ... reveals an ancient world full of treachery, bloody vengeance, kingship, and fearsome monsters at crossroads. Catholic Times A brilliant, detailed, and authoritative guide to wonderful legends, mighty heroes, lost cities, and timeless stories of love, revenge, nobility, and treachery. The perfect introduction to a vibrant people. Bristol Evening Post
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This title offers a comprehensive and accessible survey of one of the world's richest mythological traditions. It covers the people, themes, concepts, places, and creatures of Celtic mythology, saga, legend, and folklore from both ancient and modern traditions, in 4,000 entries ranging from brief definitions to short essays. An introductory essay explores the origins and identity of Celts, the history of the Celtic revival, and the meaning and role of mythology.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is wonderfully useful for Irish and Welsh mythology. Irish and Welsh entries are generally quite comprehensive and individually mostly of a high quality.
The major flaw, and it is quite a major one, is the horrific dearth of Scottish and Breton entries, which appear quite randomly and often are only of very low quality. So for instance, Irish "kings" of minor historical or mythological importance occur in abundance, yet figures such as Macbeth, Malcolm II and Malcolm III are totally unaccounted for. Dublin has a huge entry, Glasgow has no entry (although admittedly St. Kentigern does). There may be entries for Goidel Glas and Scota, of supreme importance in medieval Scottish origin myth, but nothing is said of them in relation to Scotland or in how they were used there. Every half-significant Irish geographical feature has an entry, yet a location like Scone has nothing. Likewise, there are no entries for the "Prophecy of Berchan" or the "De Situ Albanie." I could go on and on.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This dictionary is absolutely one of the most useful dictionaries of Celtic mythology around.
It has great summaries of all the important and also the less wel-known stories.
For the rest it contains entries for every charcter in celtic mythology, for most important animals and plants, for place-names, ... But also for continental gods, figures of popular Cornish, Scottish or Breton culture, important events in Celtic history, and so on.
Every important entry ends with a small, but very useful biography, he even lists which modern writers were inspired by the particular story or character.
The book also has a small, bit conservative foreword, that I have found less usefull than the main part. It ends with a great thematic index of entries, e.g. animals, irish texts, continental gods, ...
In short: this is a real must have for everyone with a serious interest in Celtic mytholgy or culture.
It has great summaries of all the important and also the less wel-known stories.
For the rest it contains entries for every charcter in celtic mythology, for most important animals and plants, for place-names, ... But also for continental gods, figures of popular Cornish, Scottish or Breton culture, important events in Celtic history, and so on.
Every important entry ends with a small, but very useful biography, he even lists which modern writers were inspired by the particular story or character.
The book also has a small, bit conservative foreword, that I have found less usefull than the main part. It ends with a great thematic index of entries, e.g. animals, irish texts, continental gods, ...
In short: this is a real must have for everyone with a serious interest in Celtic mytholgy or culture.
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If you want to know anything about Celtic Mythology you need this book. It is thoroughly comprehensive and informative.
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