The Religion of the Ancient Celts
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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. To summon a dead religion from its forgotten grave and to make it tell its story, would require an enchanter's wand. Other old faiths, of Egypt, Babylon, Greece, Rome, are known to us. But in their case liturgies, myths, theogonies, theologies, and the accessories of cult, remain to yield their report of the outward form of human belief and aspiration. How scanty, on the other hand, are the records of Celtic religion! The bygone faith of a people who have inspired the world with noble dreams must be constructed painfully, and often in fear and trembling, out of fragmen...
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- THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT CELTS
- J.A. MACCULLOCH
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES THROUGHOUT THIS WORK
- CHAPTER I.
- INTRODUCTORY.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE CELTIC PEOPLE.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE GODS OF GAUL AND THE CONTINENTAL CELTS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE IRISH MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE TUATHA DÉ DANANN
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE GODS OF THE BRYTHONS
- COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DIVINITIES WITH SIMILAR NAMES IN IRELAND, BRITAIN, AND GAUL.
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE CÚCHULAINN CYCLE.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE FIONN SAGA.
- CHAPTER IX.
- GODS AND MEN.
- CHAPTER X.
- THE CULT OF THE DEAD.
- CHAPTER XI.
- PRIMITIVE NATURE WORSHIP.
- CHAPTER XII.
- RIVER AND WELL WORSHIP.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- TREE AND PLANT WORSHIP.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- ANIMAL WORSHIP.
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
- CHAPTER XV.
- COSMOGONY.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- SACRIFICE, PRAYER, AND DIVINATION.
- PRAYER.
- DIVINATION.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- TABU.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- FESTIVALS.
- SAMHAIN.
- BELTANE.
- MIDSUMMER.
- LUGNASAD.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- ACCESSORIES OF CULT.
- TEMPLES.
- ALTARS.
- IMAGES.
- SYMBOLS.
- CULT OF WEAPONS.
- CHAPTER XX.
- THE DRUIDS.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- MAGIC.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- THE STATE OF THE DEAD.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- REBIRTH AND TRANSMIGRATION.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- ELYSIUM.
- INDEX
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