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CONTENTS

CHAP.

 

Page

I.

THE INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE OF CELTIC MYTHOLOGY

1

II.

THE SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CELTIC MYTHOLOGY

8

III.

WHO WERE THE "ANCIENT BRITONS"?

18

IV.

THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS AND DRUIDISM

31

 


THE GAELIC GODS AND THEIR STORIES

 

V.

THE GODS OF THE GAELS

47

VI.

THE GODS ARRIVE

65

VII.

THE RISE OF THE SUN-GOD

78

VIII.

THE GAELIC ARGONAUTS

89

IX.

THE WAR WITH THE GIANTS

107

X.

THE CONQUEST OF THE GODS BY MORTALS

119

XI.

THE GODS IN EXILE

132

XII.

THE IRISH ILIAD

153

XIII.

SOME GAELIC LOVE-STORIES

184

XIV.

FINN AND THE FENIANS

201

XV.

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE GODS

227

 


THE BRITISH GODS AND THEIR STORIES

 

XVI.

THE GODS OF THE BRITONS

251

XVII.

THE ADVENTURES OF THE GODS OF HADES

278

XVIII.

THE WOOING OF BRANWEN AND THE BEHEADING OF BRÂN

289

 

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CHAP.

 

Page

XIX.

THE WAR OF ENCHANTMENTS

298

XX.

THE VICTORIES OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS

305

XXI.

THE MYTHOLOGICAL "COMING OF ARTHUR"

312

XXII.

THE TREASURES OF BRITAIN

336

XXIII.

THE GODS AS KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS

354

XXIV.

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE GODS

371

 


SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC PAGANISM

 

XXV.

SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC PAGANISM INTO MODERN TIMES

399

 

INDEX

425

 

TABLE OF PRONUNCIATION FOR THE MORE DIFFICULT WORDS

447

 


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