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A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures

10 best books like A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures (Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson): Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions, The Journey Through Wales & The Description of Wales, Le Morte D'Arthur - Volume I, Women of the Celts, Pagan Celtic Britain, The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales, The Apple Branch: A Path to Celtic Ritual, Early Irish Myths and Sagas, The Celtic Heroic Age, Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales

Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions
AuthorHilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
ISBN0815624417
Most people know of Valhalla, the World-Tree and the gods of Norse mythology, or the strange hunts and voyages of the ancient Irish tales. Yet, few people realize the significance of the similarities and contrasts between the religions of the pre-Christian people of north-western Europe. The Celts...
The Journey Through Wales & The Description of Wales
AuthorGerald of Wales
ISBN0140443398
Gerald of Wales was one of the most dynamic and colorful churchmen of the 12th century. His JOURNEY describes a mission to Wales undertaken in 1188 by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, with Gerald as his companion. THE DESCRIPTION provides a picture of the day-to-day existence of ordinary Welshmen...
Le Morte D'Arthur - Volume I
AuthorThomas Malory
ISBN1401307809
Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for "the death of Arthur"[1]) is a reworking of existing tales by Sir Thomas Malory about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table. Malory interprets existing French and English...
Women of the Celts
AuthorJean Markale
ISBN0892811501
Markale's book is a just a classic when it comes to "Celtic women and gender relations". The narrative is good and the author and the book is somehow easy reading and it seems that it takes you to a magic world.

However I don't recommend it if you're not interested in 'fantasy' and is looking for...
Pagan Celtic Britain
AuthorAnne Ross
ISBN0897334353
Although some aspects of pre-Roman and pre-Christian beliefs remain shrouded in mystery, the author of this comprehensive, profusely illustrated volume contends that neither the Roman invasion of Britain nor the coming of Christianity eliminated pagan religious practice. Dr. Anne Ross writes...
The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales
AuthorUnknown
ISBN0520034147
The title Mabinogi refers to the first four stories in this collection of tales from Welsh tradition. They are best known as the "Four Branches of the Mabinogi," and comprise the tales of Pwyll, Branwen, Manawydan, and Math. The remaining stories also spring from the same tree, and together they form...
The Apple Branch: A Path to Celtic Ritual
AuthorAlexei Kondratiev
ISBN0806525029
Certain cultures in different parts of the world have maintained a respectful and balanced relationship with their natural environment, and some people today, especially those in industrial/capitalistic societies, are turning to them to learn how to rediscover these ancient and sacred attitudes...
Early Irish Myths and Sagas
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0140443975
First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle...
The Celtic Heroic Age
AuthorJohn T. Koch
ISBN1891271091
A new fourth edition of an invaluable collection of literary sources, all in translation, for Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales. The selections are divided into three sections: the first is classical authors on the ancient celts - a huge selection including both the well known Herodotos, Plato,...
Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales
AuthorAlwyn Rees
ISBN0500270392
In this widely acclaimed study, Alwyn and Brinley Rees reinterpret Celtic tradition in the light of advances made in the comparative study of religion, mythology and anthropology. Part One considers the distinguishing features of the various Cycle of tales and the personages who figure most prominently...
Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
AuthorMiranda Aldhouse-Green
ISBN0500279756
Warlike, exuberant and superstitious, the ancient Celts saw divinities in every facet of life and nature, venerating deities of the sun, thunder, water, war, healing, hunting, fertility and death. They possessed a complicated array of concepts and rituals, a powerful priesthood - the Druids - and...
Y Gododdin
AuthorAneirin
ISBN0863833543
Aneirin, the sixth century Welsh poet, is reputed to have been one of a handful of survivors from the battle of Catraeth, which inspired his epic poem, The Gododdin. Aneirin's poem is a universal celebration of the undying theme of the ideal hero. O'Grady's belief that what Aneirin wrote of his war is...
The Encyclopaedia of Celtic Wisdom: A Celtic Shaman's Sourcebook
AuthorCaitlín Matthews
ISBN1852305606
The Celtic tradition is a source of inspiration to many seeking to discover their ancestral spiritual heritage. This superb sourcebook contains many new translations of seminal Celtic texts, including stories, poems, and prose pieces, some dating from as far back as the seventh century. Key ingredients...
Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
AuthorJames MacKillop
ISBN0192801201
This new work offers an exhaustive survey of one of the world's most fertile and exciting mythological traditions. It covers the persons, themes, concepts, places, and creatures of Celtic mythology, in all its ancient and modern traditions, in 4000 entries ranging from brief definitions to extended...
The Ancient Celts
AuthorBarry W. Cunliffe
ISBN0140254226
The archetypal `barbarians from the north', the Celts were feared for their ferocity in battle and admired as skilled craftsmen. For two and half thousand years the Celts have continued to fascinate all who have come into contact with them. THE ANCIENT CELTS presents an absorbing account of the tribes...
Pagan Celtic Ireland: The Enigma of the Irish Iron Age
AuthorBarry Raftery
ISBN0500279837
Our established impressions of early Celtic Ireland have come down to us through the great Irish sagas: epic tales of heroic struggles between kings and warriors, of outlandish gods and wise Druids. But how do these images compare with the evidence revealed by the excavator's trowel? Recent archaeological...
Celtic Gods and Heroes
AuthorMarie-Louise Sjoestedt
ISBN0486414418
There's a surprising amount of information packed into this tiny book about Celtic culture and myth. It's dense reading, and I read each chapter through multiple times and took notes in order to really absorb the information. What I appreciated most about this work is how Sjoestedt highlights the ways...
Over Nine Waves
AuthorMarie Heaney
Whether you're interested in Irish legends or are familiar with them and want to read them over again, this book provides a decent handful of such tales. From the infamous stories of Cuchulainn and his short life, to the stories of Finn, and the tales that came before of the Tuatha De Danaan, the inhabitants...
Women in Celtic Myth: Tales of Extraordinary Women from the Ancient Celtic Tradition
AuthorMoyra Caldecott
ISBN0892813571
In Celtic myth, the mixture of wise spiritual teaching and dramatic imagery creates new, potent, and disturbing visions. This selection of eleven storiessome more than 3,000 years old focuses on the women of ancient British mythology, from the formidable women warriors who trained heros to fight...
The Celts
AuthorNora Kershaw Chadwick
ISBN0140250743
A history of Celtic culture in Britain from its origins to its transformation under the Romans and Saxons.

The Celts possessed a self-contained and remarkable culture whose influence is by no means restricted to those parts of Britain traditionally regarded as 'Celtic'. A proud and independent...
Celtic Mythology
AuthorProinsias Mac Cana
ISBN0600006476
Okay, I am slightly disappointed in this book. I was hoping for a little bit more of the legends, epics and Sagas themselves. Not a scholarly, Joseph Campbellesqe history/comparative mythology type book.

Granted, finding one of those written in Modern English is quite difficult and about...
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