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James MacKillop.
Myths and Legends of the Celts.
Published London: Penguin, 2nd impression (previously issued 2006; hardback was 2005).
Series: Penguin Guides to World Mythology.
ISBN 9780141017945.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Clays Ltd., St. Ives.
Size: 129x196x24mm.
Page count: xxvii,388pp plus 8 pages of monochrome plates.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: a manufacturer's reject: unused, but the covers and page edges are a little grubby, and there’s a slight kink to the top corner of a few pages at the back; pages starting to yellow with age.


This item £5.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £9.99]
Weight without packaging: 324g.

How to order this book


No particular medieval emphasis.

Contents: Searching for Celtic deities; Remnants of Celtic religion; Sacred kingship in early Ireland; Goddesses, warrior queens & saints; Calendar feasts; Otherworlds; Irish beginnings — the Lebor Gahála Érenn; The Irish mythological cycle; The Ulster Cycle; Fenian Cycle; Cycles of the kings; British roots & Welsh traditions; Survivals in the oral traditions of Celtic lands.


See also | Ireland | Wales |

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