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Martyn Whittock.
A Brief Guide to Celtic Myths and Legends.
Published London: Robinson/Philadelphia: Running Press, 2013.
Series: Brief Histories & Guides.
ISBN 9781780338927.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the UK.
Size: 128x197x23mm.
Page count: xiii,338pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good to very good: this is an ex-display copy so shows some evidence of handling, some mild scuffs on the covers and page edges, otherwise unused.

This item £5.00
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[Publisher’s price £8.99]
Weight without packaging: 263g.

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Contents: Who are & were the Celts?; Gods & religion — the European picture — British picture; Festivals & celebrations across the year; Irish origin myths — gods before the gods — people of the goddess Dana — the Daghda & his children — coming of the Milesians; Magic & shape-shifters in the Irish mythological cycle; Cú Chulainn, Hound of Ulster & the Ulster Cycle; Finn mac Cumhaill & warriors of the Fianna; Cycles of the Kings; Post-Roman twilight — Arthur, king of the Britons; Welsh mythological heroes of the Mabinogi; Myth meets history — legendary Welsh stories; Welsh myth meets 'romance'; Heroes & villains of the Welsh Triads; Mythology of the north; Mythology of the 'West Welsh' — Cornish myths & legends; Isle of Man; Brittany.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 4pp
Index: yes

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