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24 books with the same feel
Hide books by the same authorMyths & Legends of the Celtic Race
T.W. Rolleston · 333 pages
The Celtic Twilight: Myth, Fantasy and Folklore
W.B. Yeats · 212 pages
Comments by Bob Corbett March 2012 The Celtic Twilight is divided into two parts. The first, written mainly in 1902, but some pieces as early as 1892, are small notes Yeats made in west Ireland as he was out gathering experiences and stories of others. The second part of the book, about 40% of the text, are poems set in Ireland and relevant to his exploration of the spirit world of Ireland.
Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales
Alwyn Rees, Brinley Rees · 427 pages
In this widely acclaimed study, Alwyn and Brinley Rees reinterpret Celtic tradition in the light of advances made in the comparative study of religion, mythology and anthropology. Part one considers the distinguishing features of the various Cycles of tales and the personages who figure most prominently in them. Part two reveals the cosmological framework within which the action of the tales takes
The Religion of the Ancient Celts
John Arnott MacCulloch · 338 pages
To summon a dead religion from its forgotten grave and to make it tell its story, would require an enchanter's wand. Other old faiths, of Egypt, Babylon, Greece, Rome, are known to us. But in their case liturgies, myths, theogonies, theologies, and the accessories of cult, remain to yield their report of the outward form of human belief and aspiration. How scanty, on the other hand, are the record
Imbolc: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Brigid's Day
Carl F. Neal, Llewellyn Publications · 190 pages
Irish Fairy Tales
James Stephens · 318 pages
A collection of ten traditional tales of Irish heroes, kings, soldiers, magicians, poets, and madmen.
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
W.Y. Evans-Wentz · 524 pages
The Táin: From the Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous · 291 pages
Lady of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana L. Paxson · 480 pages
New York Times bestselling author Marion Zimmer Bradley brings the mesmerizing world of myth, romance and history to life in the spellbinding novel of epic grandeur!Before the legend of King Arthur and Camelot, there was Avalon, a beautiful island of golden vales and silver mists. A land where the lives of three powerful priestesses shape the destiny of Roman Britian as they fight to regain the ma
The Morrigan: Secret Celtic Practices, Devotional Rituals, Divination, and Magick Spells (Celtic Spirituality)
Mari Silva · 138 pages
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions
Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson · 268 pages
Most people know of Valhalla, the World-Tree and the gods of Norse mythology, or of the strange hunts and voyages of the ancient Irish tales. Yet few people realise the significance of the similarities and contrasts between the religions of the pre-Christian people of north-western Europe. The Celts and Germans and Scandinavians had much in common in their religious practices and beliefs.... There
Leprechauns and Irish Folklore
Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce · 121 pages
Join Jack and Annie as they research leprechauns and Irish folklore and find out the facts behind the fiction.
Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams
Alexander McCall Smith · 182 pages
If he's in the right mood, divine Angus might grant you sight of your true love in a dream; you might even fall in love with him, but he'll never love you back. He's too busy making mischief, stealing the palace of the gods from his father, turning his enemies into pigs etc ; until he is trapped by his own romantic games and falls for an unattainable woman, doomed to seek her forever. In twentieth
Warrior Queen: Answering the Call of The Morrigan
Trista Hendren · 251 pages
The White Goddess
Robert Graves · 511 pages
The definitive edition of one of the more extraordinary and influential books of our time This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than sixty years ago, was the outcome of Robert Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion, and magic. Erudite and impassioned, it is a scholar-poet's quest for the meaning of European m
Celtic Myth & Magick: Harnessing the Power of the Gods and Goddesses (Llewellyn's World Religion and Magic Series)
Edain McCoy · 447 pages
Silver on the Tree
Susan Cooper · 288 pages
In the Welsh hills Will Stanton, youngest of the immortal Old Ones, joins forces with Merriman, Bran, and the mortal Drew children in a quest through space and time against the powers of evil known as the Dark.