Recommended Further Reading
To make recommendations for further reading is a hard task – hard in that there are many titles one is forced to leave out rather than in the consideration of what has to be put in. There are many books that I would be tempted to put in, such as the books of Ethne Carbery (1866–1911), which were a joy in my childhood: for example, The Four Winds of Eirinn (1902) and In the Celtic Past (1904). However, I have tried to keep to those titles which, in my opinion, will collectively serve as a good, broad introduction into the Celtic world of myth and legend.
Bottrell, William. Traditions & Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, London, 1880.
Brekilien, Yann. La mythologie celtique, Editions Jean Picollec, Paris, 1981.
Caldecott, Moyra. Women in Celtic Myth, Arrow Books, London, 1988.
Campbell, John Francis. Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Edinburgh, 1860–62.
Campbell, John Gregerson Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition, 3 vols, London, 1891.
Carmichael, Alexander. Carmina Gadelica, Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, Vols I and II (1900); Vols III and IV (1940–41) and Vols V and VI (1954 and 1971).
Carney, James. Studies in Irish Literature and History, Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, 1955.
Coghlan, Ronan. A Pocket Dictionary of Irish Myths and Legends, Appletree Press, Belfast, 1985.
Coghlan, Ronan. The Encyclopaedia of Arthurian Legends, Element, Shaftesbury, Dorset, 1991.
Croker, J. Crofton. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, John Murray, London, 1834.
Cross, Tom P. and Slover, Clark H. Ancient Irish Tales, Harrap, London, 1937.
Curtin, Jeremiah. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland, Dover, New York, 1975.
de Jubainville, H. d’Arbois. Essai d’un de la Litterature de I’Irlande, Paris, 1882.
de Jubainville, H. d’Arbois. Le cycle mythologique irlandais et la mythologie celtique, Paris, 1884. English translation -The Irish Mythological Cycle, Hodges & Figgis, Dublin, 1903.
Delaney, Frank. Legends of the Celts, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1989.
Dillon, Myles. The Cycles of the Kings, Oxford University Press, 1946.
Dillon, Myles. Early Irish Literature, University of Chicago Press, Chicago USA, 1948.
Dillon, Myles, ed. Irish Sagas, Mercier Press, Cork, 1968
Dunn, Joseph. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale — Táin Bó Cúalnge, David Nutt, London, 1914.
Easter, Delawarr B. A Study of the Magic Elements in the Romans d’Aventure and the Romans Bretons, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1906.
Ellis, Peter Berresford. The Cornish Language and its Literature, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1974.
Ellis, Peter Berresford. A Dictionary of Irish Mythology, Constable, London, 1987.
Ellis, Peter Berresford. A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, Constable, London, 1992.
Ellis, Peter Berresford. The Druids, Constable, London, 1994.
Ellis, Peter Berresford. Celtic Women: Women in Celtic Society and Literature, Constable, London, 1995.
Ellis, T.P. and Lloyd, John. The Mabinogion, Oxford University Press, 1929.
Evans, J. Gwenogfryn. The White Book Mabinogion, Pwllheli (1907). Reprint as Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch (The White Book of Rhydderch). Introduced by Professor R.M. Jones, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1973.
Flower, Robin. Byron and Ossian, Oxford University Press, 1928.
Flower, Robin. The Irish Tradition, Oxford University Press, 1947.
Ford, P.K. ed. and trs. The Mabinogion and Other Medieval Welsh Tales, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1977.
Gantz, Jeffrey. Early Irish Myths and Sagas, Penguin, London, 1981.
Gantz, Jeffrey The Mabinogion, Penguin, London, 1976.
Gose, E.G. The World of the Irish Wonder Tale, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1985.
Graves, Alfred P. The Irish Fairy Book, T. Fisher Unwin, London
Green, Miranda. A Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, Thames & Hudson, London, 1992.
Gregory, Lady Augusta. Gods and Fighting Men, John Murray, London, 1904.
Gruffydd, W.J. Math vab Mathonwy, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1928.
Gruffydd. W.J. Rhiannon, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1953.
Guest, Lady Charlotte. The Mabinogion from Llyfr Coch a Hergest, London (1838–1849). Everyman edition, London, 1906.
Guyonvarc’h, Christian J. Textes mythologiques irlandais, Ogam-Celticum, Brittany, 1981.
Gwynn, Edward John ed. and trs. The Metrical Dindsenchas, Hodges Figgis, Dublin, 1903–1935.
Henderson, George. Fled Bricrend, London, 189.
Henderson, George. Survivals in Belief Among the Celts, J. Maclehose, Glasgow, 1911.
Hull, Eleanor. The Cuchulainn Saga in Irish Literature, M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin, 1923.
Hunt, Robert. Popular Romances of the West of England, London, 1870.
Hyde, Douglas. A Literary History of Ireland, T. Fisher Unwin, 1899.
Hyde, Douglas. Beside the Fire: Irish Folk Tales,David Nutt, London, 1890.
Irish Text Society (Cumann na Scríbhean nGaedhilge), 57 bilingual volumes published since 1899, including the Leabhar Gabhála, two Irish Arthurian Romances, the Táin Bó Cúalnge (from the Book of Leinster) etc.
Jackson, Kenneth H. The International Popular Tales and Early Welsh Traditions, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1961.
Jacobs, Joseph. Celtic Fairy Tales, David Nutt, London, 1892.
Jarman, A.O.H. ed. and trs. Y Gododdin: Britain’s Oldest Heroic Poem. The Welsh Classics, Dyfed, 1988.
Jarman, A.O.H. and Jarman, G.R. A History of Welsh Literature, Christopher Davies, Llandybie, 1974.
Jones, Gwyn and Jones, Thomas. The Mabinogion, Everyman, Dent, London, 1949.
Jones, T.G. Welsh Folk-lore and Folk Custom, Methuen, London, 1930.
Joyce, P.W. Old Celtic Romances, Longman, London, 1879.
Kanavagh, Peter. Irish Mythology, New York 1958–59.
Kinsella, Thomas. The Táin, Oxford University Press, 1970.
Lacy, Norris J. The Arthurian Encyclopaedia, Boydell, Suffolk, 1988.
Leahy, A.H. The Sickbed of Cuchulainn. Heroic Romances of Ireland Series, Vol I, Dublin, 1905.
Le Braz, Anatole. The Celtic Legend of the Beyond, Llanerch, 1986.
Lofflet, C.M. The Voyage to the Otherworld in Early Irish Literature, Institut für Anglistik and Amerikanistik, Salzburg, Germany, 1983.
Lofmark, C. Bards and Heroes, Llanerch Books, Llanerch, Wales, 1898.
Loomis, R.S. Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance, Columbia University Press, 1926.
Loomis, R.S. Wales and Arthurian Legend, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1956.
Loomis, R.S. Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages, Oxford University Press, 1959.
Loomis, R.S. The Grail from Celtic Myth to Christian Symbol, Columbia University Press, USA, 1963.
Loth, Joseph. Les Mabinogion, Paris, 1913.
Luzel, Francois-Marie. Contes Populaires de Basse-Bretagne, Paris, 1876,
Luzel, Francois-Marie. Celtic Folk Tales from Armorica (selection of tales trs. into English), Llanerch, 1985.
Mac Cana, Proinsias. Branwen daughter of Llyr, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1958.
Mac Cana, Proinsias. Celtic Mythology, Hamlyn, London, 1970.
Mac Cana, Proinsias. The Mabinogion, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1988.
MacCulloch, John Arnott. Celtic Mythology, (first published as vol. Ill of The Mythology of All Races, ed. L. H. Gray, 1918), Constable, London, 1992.
Mackenzie, D.A. Scottish Folklore and Folk Life, Blackie & Sons, Edinburgh, 1935.
MacKinley, James M. Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs, William Hodge & Co, Glasgow, 1893.
MacLean, Magnus. The Literature of the Highlands, Blackie & Sons, London, 1903.
MacManus, Seumas. Donegal Fairy Stories, MacClure, Phillips & Co, USA, 1900.
Maier, Bernhard (trs. Cyril Edwards). Dictionary of Celtic
Religion and Culture, Boydell, Suffolk, 1997.
Martin, W.C. Wood. Traces of the Elder Faiths in Ireland, Vols I and II, Longman Green, London, 1902.
Matthews, John. Classic Celtic Fairy Tales, Blandford, London, 1997.
Meyer, Kuno. The Vision of Mac Conglinne, David Nutt, London, 1892.
Meyer, Kuno. The Voyage of Bran Son of Febal, 2 vols, David Nutt, London, 1895.
Meyer, Kuno. The Triads of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1906.
Moore, A. W. The Folk-Lore of the Isle of Man, David Nutt, London, 1891.
Morris, John. The Age of Arthur, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1973.
Munro, Robert. Ancient Scottish Lake Dwellings, David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1902.
Murdoch, Brian. Cornish Literature, D.S. Brewer, Suffolk. 1993.
Murphy, Gerard. The Ossianic Lore and Romantic Tales of Medieval Ireland, Three Candles Press, Dublin, 1955.
Murphy, Gerard. Saga and Myth in Ancient Ireland, Three Candles Press, Dublin, 1955.
Nagy, Joseph Falaky. Conversing with Angels & Ancients: Literary Myths of Medieval Ireland, Four Courts Press, 1997.
Neeson, Eoin. The First Book of Irish Myths and Legends, Mercier Press, Cork, 1965.
Neeson, Eoin. The Second Book of Irish Myths and Legends, Mercier Press, Cork, 1966.
Nutt, Alfred. Celtic and Medieval Romance, David Nutt, London, 1899.
Nutt, Alfred. Cúchulainn: The Irish Achilles, David Nutt, London, 1900.
Nutt, Alfred. Ossian and Ossianic Literature, David Nutt, London, 1900.
O’Grady, Standish James. Early Bardic Literature in Ireland, , London, 1897.
Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí. The Hero in Irish Folk History, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 1985.
Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí. Fionn mac Cumhail: Images of the Gaelic Hero, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, 1988.
Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí. Myth, Legend and Romance: An Encyclopedia of the Irish Folk Tradition, Ryan Publishing, London, 1991.
O’Keefe. J.G. Buile Suibne, David Nutt, London, 1913.
O’Rahilly, Cecile, ed. Táin Bó Cuailgne from the Book ofLeinster, Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, 1967.
O’Rahilly, Thomas F. Early Irish History and Mythology, Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, 1946.
Parry, Thomas, tr. H. Idris Bell. A History of Welsh Literature, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1955.
Parry-Jones, D. Welsh Legends and Fairy Law, Batsford, London, 1953.
Patch, H.R. The Otherworld, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. USA, 1950.
Pennar, M. The Black Book of Carmarthen, Llanerch, Wales, 1989.
Polson, Alexander. Our Highland Folklore Heritage, Highland Society, Inverness, 1926.
Rees, Alwyn, and Rees, Brinley. Celtic Heritage. Thames and Hudson, London, 1961.
Rhŷs, John. Celtic Folk-Lore (Welsh and Manx) 2 vols, Oxford University Press, 1901.
Rhŷs, John and Evans, J.G. The Mabinogion, Oxford University Press, 1887.
Roberts, Brinley F. Y Mabinogion, Dafydd and Rhiannon Ifans, Llandysul, 1980.
Rolleston, T.W. Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race, George Harrap, London, 1911.
St Clair, Sheila. Folklore of the Ulster People, Mercier Press, Cork, 1971.
Sebillot, P. Costumes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne, Paris, 1886.
Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise, trs. Myles Dillon. Gods and Heroes of the Celts, Methuen, London, 1949.
Smyth, Daragh. A Guide to Irish Mythology, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1988.
Spaan, D.B. The Otherworld in Early Irish Literature, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, USA, 1969.
Squire, Charles. Celtic Myth and Legend, Newcastle Press, USA, 1975, Reprint of The Mythology of the British Isles, 1905.
Thurneysen, Rudolf. Sagen aus dem Alten Irland, Berlin, 1901.
Trevelyan, M. Folklore and Folk Stories of Wales, Eliot Stock London, 1909.
van Hamel, A.G. Aspects of Celtic Mythology, British Academy, London, 1935.
van Hamel, A.G. Myth en Historie in Het Oude Ireland, Amsterdam, 1942.
Wentz, W.Y. Evans. The Fairy Faith in the Celtic Countries, Oxford University Press, 1911.
Williams, Sir Ifor. Pedeir Keinc y Mabinogi (The Four Branches of the Mabinogi), University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1930.
Wilde, Lady Jane. Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, Ward & Downey, London, 1888.
Wright, Charles D. The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993.
Zaczek, Iain. Chronicles of the Celts, Collins & Brown, London, 1996.
Index
Aberffraw ref 1
Addanc ref 1
aes sídhe ref 1
Aífraic ref 1, ref 2
Aig ref 1
Ailill Flann Beag ref 1
Aine ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Airmid/Airmed ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Aitceas ref 1
aithedha ref 1
Alba see Scotland
All Souls’ Day ref 1
Amairgen the Druid ref 1
Amhlaibh of the Hosts ref 1
Amra Choluim Chille ref 1
An Lys-an-Gwrys ref 1, ref 2
The Anaon ref 1
Anar-Zall ref 1, ref 2
Aned and Aethlem ref 1, ref 2
Ankou ref 1
Annates Cambriae ref 1
Annals of Connacht ref 1
Annals of Ulster ref 1
Aobh ref 1
Aodh Mac Cathmhaoil ref 1
Aodh Mac Duach ref 1
Aoife (foster daughter of the Bodb Dearg) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Aoife (twin sister of Scáthach) ref 1
Aongus the Ever Young ref 1
Aour, Princess of the Golden-Ram ref 1, ref 2
Argyll ref 1
Arianrhod ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Arluth ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Arthur ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13
Arthur the Bear ref 1
Arthurian sagas ref 1, ref 2
Ascon ref 1, ref 2
astrology ref 1
Athach ref 1, ref 2
Auraicept Moraind ref 1
Austria ref 1
Aveldro ref 1
Ballakissak, Princess of ref 1
Ballyboley ref 1
Balor of the One Eye ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Banba ref 1, ref 2
Baobh ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
The Battle of Mag Tuired ref 1
Bedd Gellert ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Bedwyr of the One Hand ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Belgium ref 1
Ben-Varrey ref 1, ref 2
Benrein na Shee ref 1
Berc’hed ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Berlewen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Beroul ref 1
Bertele, King ref 1, ref 2
Bíle ref 1, ref 2
Billingsgate ref 1
Blaanid ref 1
Blarney Trevor ref 1
Blessed Bell of Ballakissak ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Blodeuwedd ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Boann ref 1
Bodb Dearg ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
Booilushag ref 1
The Book of the Dean of Lismore ref 1, ref 2
Book of Deer ref 1
Book of the Dun Cow ref 1
Book of Leinster ref 1
Borb Mac Sinnsior ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
bowdlerisation of Celtic mythology ref 1
Boyne ref 1, ref 2
Bran and Branwen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Bras ref 1
Breage ref 1, ref 2
Brehon Laws ref 1, ref 2
Breizh see Brittany
Breothighearn ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Bres ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Breton ref 1
Brían ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
, ref 7, ref 8
Brigid ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Bris ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Brittany ref 1
Brónach of the Sorrowful Countenance ref 1
Brythonic Celts ref 1, ref 2
Buadachán ref 1
Bugel Noz ref 1, ref 2
buggane ref 1
The Bukkys ref 1, ref 2
Cadarn the Strong ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Caecilius Statius ref 1
Cai ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10
Cainte ref 1
Cairbre Cathmhíle ref 1
Caithreim Cheallachain Chaisil ref 1
Caladfwlch ref 1
Calybrid ref 1, ref 2
Calyphony ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Calyvorra ref 1, ref 2
Campbell, John Francis ref 1
Cane ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Caoilte Mac Ronán ref 1
Caradawg ref 1
Caradoc ref 1
Carew, Sir George ref 1
Carricknarone ref 1
Cashel ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Cass of Luimneach ref 1
Castle Dore ref 1
Castle of Tonguédec ref 1
Cath Maige Tuired ref 1
Cathbad the Druid ref 1
Cattle Raid of Cuailnge ref 1
Cauldron of Plenty ref 1
Cellachain of Cashel ref 1, ref 2
Celtic languages ref 1, ref 2
Celtic mythology ref 1, ref 2
Celtic peoples: origins and expansion ref 1
Cennedig ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Cháemmóg ref 1, ref 2
Children of Danu ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Children of Domnu ref 1
Children of Lir ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Children of Míl ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Chrétien de Troyes ref 1
The Churning of the Ocean ref 1
Cian ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Cilydd ref 1, ref 2
Cledha Ruth (Red Sword) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Cliwe-ny-Sollys ref 1, ref 2
Coan ref 1
Cochar Croibhe ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Colgáin Mac Teine ref 1, ref 2
Coligny calendar ref 1, ref 2
Conall Cróg Buidhe ref 1
Conall Mac Nenta Con ref 1
Conán Mhaol ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
Conchobhar ref 1, ref 2
Conindri ref 1, ref 2
Conn ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Connla ref 1
Corc ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
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