Heroes of the Dawn: Celtic Myth
10 best books like Heroes of the Dawn: Celtic Myth (Fergus Fleming): Forests of the Vampires: Slavic Myth, Legends of Valor, Magical Beasts, Fairies and Elves, Dwarfs, Myths & Legends of the British Isles, Celtic Devotional: Daily Prayers and Blessings, Celtic Mythology, What Life Was Like on the Banks of the Nile: Egypt, 3050-30 BC, What Life Was Like Among Druids and High Kings: Celtic Ireland, AD 400-1200
Forests of the Vampires: Slavic Myth
| Author | Charles Phillips |
| ISBN | 0705436136 |
This book is a good introduction to Slavic myth, even though the title "Slavic myth" is a bit misleading. The book is very Russo-centric, which sometimes seems unavoidable. The book is valuable more for its entertainment value than for its academic merit, but it provides a basic, quick-and-dirty history...
| Author | Brendan Lehane |
| ISBN | 0809452219 |
This is almost like reading two different books. I was convinced I was going to give this book a 2-star rating based on the first half. It starts with a collection of legends about an Irish hero named Cuchulain. Many of the legends have tons of internal references, and the text quite often tells you to (see...
| Author | Ellen Galford |
| ISBN | 0809452294 |
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Magical Beasts is the second book in the Enchanted World Series that I've read recently. The book is split into three sections/chapters and covers many different beasts and...
| Author | Tristram Potter Coffin |
I picked this up by chance in a local market and I'm deeply thrilled that I did.
large range of Fairy legends essentially condensed into a flow of text. Seems to draw mainly from pre-existing collections.
In terms of layout and art - a really fantastic book. Pulls from the history of 19th...
| Author | Tim Appenzeller |
| ISBN | 0809452243 |
This book is similar in appearance, style, and presentation to other volumes in the Time-Life Enchanted World series, but contains content focusing on yet another creature of myth and fantasy: the dwarf. As with other Enchanted World volumes, "Dwarfs" contains numerous color illustrations that...
| Author | Richard Barber |
| ISBN | 1843830396 |
The British Isles have a long tradition of tales of gods, heroes and marvels, hinting at a mythology once as relevant to the races which settled the islands as the Greek and Roman gods were to the classical world. The tales drawn together in this book, from a wide range of medieval sources, span the centuries...
| Author | Caitlín Matthews |
| ISBN | 1592330436 |
Mirroring the ancient formulaic prayers to the elements found in the Celtic tradition, along with the wondrous invocations and declarations of the bards of the Scottish, Irish and Welsh traditions, Celtic Devotional provides a mystical doorway through which the modern person can re-invest their...
| Author | Proinsias Mac Cana |
| ISBN | 0600006476 |
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...
| Author | Denise Dersin |
| ISBN | 0809493780 |
The dazzling ancient Egyptian civilization, which was born by the river Nile and flourished for more than 3,000 years, captures our imagination as no other culture before or since. Their magnificent pyramids, colossal temples, and brooding Sphinx never fail to awe and astound us. But even more amazing...
| Author | Robin Chapman Stacey |
| ISBN | 0783554559 |
This book is decent, I guess, for a general overview of early Irish history, but it should be taken with many, many grains of salt due to the author's complete lack of criticism of Roman sources describing Celtic society. Chapman also glosses over certain aspects of Celtic mythology, especially in regards...
| Author | J. Philip Newell |
| ISBN | 0809104881 |
J. Philip Newell and his wife Ali were cowardens of the lay religious community of Iona Abbey in the Western Isles of Scotland. There Philip developed this book as an aid to daily prayer. Here is a weekly cycle of morning and evening prayers in the Celtic tradition, with gospel and psalm readings taken...
| Author | Alexander Carmichael |
| ISBN | 0863155200 |
Carmina Gadelica is the most complete anthology of Celtic oral tradition ever assembled. During his travels, Alexander Carmichael spent hours with peasants in their huts in front of peat fires listening as they "intoned in a low, recitative manner" these poems and prayers. This unique collection...
Exploring the World of the Druids
| Author | Miranda Aldhouse-Green |
In this authoritative account, Miranda Green unravels the truth about the Druids. Examining the archaeological evidence, Classical commentaries and early Welsh and Irish myths, she shows that the Druids were fully integrated into Celtic societyfulfilling varied and necessary roles, both secular...
| Author | Time-Life Books |
| ISBN | 0809452332 |
A series from Time Life Books on myth, superstitions, and legend, brought to life with beautiful illustrations, and written in a fluid like prose that brings to mind a storyteller sitting by a crackling fire sharing his tales.
I remember reading some of the books in this series when I was younger....
