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Thanks, for sure a grand list, will be looking thro' & interested in a read which doesn't contain a christian influence or taint shall I say. Have got Pagan Britain on my trl which should touch on celtic influence
Here's a couple of archeo ones for ye...the second looking at one of the aspects of the aul' gods that gets little attention in some more new age works.Gods with Thunderbolts: Religion in Roman Britain
Dying for the Gods: Human Sacrifice in Iron Age & Roman Europe
Andy wrote: "Thanks, for sure a grand list, will be looking thro' & interested in a read which doesn't contain a christian influence or taint shall I say. Have got Pagan Britain on my trl whic..."
Difficult to get anything without a tang of the xtian as most older texts were copied by monks...and as tied to their community as they may have been they obviously have a very specific world view to colour their writing.
Old-Barbarossa wrote: "Andy wrote: "Thanks, for sure a grand list, will be looking thro' & interested in a read which doesn't contain a christian influence or taint shall I say. Have got Pagan Britain o..."
exactly, allbeit some have more of a "taint" than others so im hoping the likes of books like Pagan britain can give a more scientific perspective & differing views, here's hoping anyway. Will post a review either way on this forum & try & be a bit more active this year.
I've been looking for a book list like this. Thank you so much, I'm going to dive head first into this.
Old-Barbarossa wrote: "Difficult to get anything without a tang of the xtian "It's like salt in my pudding!
Kitty: I have an even longer list I was given when I came across the fork in the road, and opted for the (ahem) celtic track, as opposed to the brythonic, though I have a longer list for the latter, too. This is the short list, from the short lists. :D
thanks for such an excellent list. Really wanna work on this
Just a note to say: today, I've added links to web pages with the content for the last two entries, and "Deirdre [Longes mac nUislenn]" on the list in the original post.
Andy wrote: "Have got Pagan Britain on my trl whic..."Didn't realise he had published yet another book on the subject. Suppose I'll have to read it now.
http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/1035...Entertaining look at the Ulster Cycle and the Wee Hound by an Irish comedian (Neil Delamare).
It's part 1 of 4. The others covering Finn, Red Hugh...and my favourite pirate queen, local girl made good Gráinne Mhaol (or Baldy Grace).
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" Celtic World " by Miranda Aldhouse-Green;
" The Gods of the Celts " by Miranda Aldhouse-Green;
" Irish Witchcraft From An Irish Witch " by Lora O'Brien;
" The Keys of Knowledge - Ogham, Coelbren and Pagan Celtic Religion " by Kevin Jones;
" The Sacred Isle: Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland " by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin,
and the following should then be undertaken:
" The Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise Woman Healer " by Gearoid O Crualaoich;
" Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain " by Ronald Hutton;
" Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans " by Francis Pryor;
" Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations from the Gaelic " by Alexander Carmichael;
" The Cattle-Raid of Cooley ";
" The Celts " by T.G. Powell;
"Deirdre" [Longes mac nUislenn];
" The Destruction Of Da Derga's Hostel ";
" Early Irish Myths and Sagas " by Jeffrey Gantz;
" Imbas Forosnai " by N. K. Chadwick;
" The Mabinogion " as translated by Sioned Davies;
" The Making of a Druid: Hidden Teachings from the Colloquy of Two Sages " as translated by Christian J. Guyonvarc'h;
" The Metrical Dindshenchas: Part 1 ";
" The Otherworld Voyage in Early Irish Literature - an Anthology of Criticism " by Jonathan Wooding;
" Pagan Celtic Britain " by Anne Ross;
"Cath Maige Turied, The Second Battle of Mag Tuired (Cath Maige Tuired)";
" Sweeney Astray: A Version From the Irish " as translated by Seamus Heaney;
" Tales of the Elders of Ireland " by Ann Dooley;
" Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain " by Rachel Bromwich;
" The Voyage of Bran " by Kuno Meyer;
"The Wooing of Emer"; and
"The Wooing of Étaín" translated by Bergin and Best.