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Good resources for Celtic myths?

[dratinis]

Hello there!

I'm trying to find out more about Celtic myths (especially, myths involving kelpies) but I'm having a hard time finding good resources for it. Does anyone here know of a website that's as good as Thea, but for Celtic mythology?

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[a_potato]

This might help?

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[a_potato]

(That said, my personal best sources are 'Gods and Fighting Men' by Lady Gregory and 'The Tain.' Not perfect, but pretty darn good, given the givens).

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[dratinis]

Pffftttt, your comment didn't show up in my inbox for some reason. Sorry for spamming you with comments.

Anyway, I think I found Gods and Fighting Men available online. Just to make sure, is this the book?

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[a_potato]

Yes, that looks to be it! Huzzah!

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[dratinis]

Oh wow, this place is great!! Thank you so much. :D

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[siofrabunnies]

This one is pretty thorough, although it covers a deal more than mythology.

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[dratinis]

Holy shit, this is excellent. I'm glad the author decided to post this on the internet (and to site sources!) I'll definitely have to bookmark this, too.

Thank you so much!

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[hyarrowen]

http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/celtic/articles.html

http://www.celtnet.org.uk/celtic/ p-Celts of the British Isles and Brittany

If you can access a copy, Jennifer Westwood's 'Albion' has a few anecdotes about kelpies. She's also co-authored, with Sophia Kingshill, 'The Lore of Scotland' which IIRC is a compilation of folk-tales arranged by area; very useful, anyway. And anything around that Dewey number is worth a look; you can usually tell if they're scholarly or... otherwise.

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[dratinis]

Those websites look really useful, I'll be bookmarking them for sure! Thank you.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like my city's library system has either book you recommended, but it does have "Celtic Lore and Legend" by Bob Curran. Do you know if that's any good?

Also, I apologize for the ridiculously late comment.

Re: Good resources for Celtic myths?

[hyarrowen]

No worries about the lateness (minimal, I assure you!) of the reply! I haven't read that book, but I had a quick google around and it looks as though it's a good intro. Some of the books I've come across have been decidedly New Agey - for want of a better phrase. Seriously, the Celts were a bloody and turbulent people, heads being lopped off everywhere...

/part-Cornish anon.

Oh, and the BBC Neil Oliver series "Age of Iron" is well worth a look too, just for context, if you can get hold of it.

Happy researching!