Tom’s Reviews > Greatness and Decline of the Celts > Status Update

Love it: "In the reign of Cormac mac Airt,[...] the world was happy and pleasant; there were nine nuts on every branch and nine branches on every bough. The king is a chief, embodying the mystical powers of the clans. A good king makes the land fruitful and is a guarantee of plenty, prosperity, and security. He is in relations with the order of nature; his movements are connected with the movement of the sun." (p219)