The elements of the Celtic tradition

1 The holy ground. 2 The primal gods. 3 The sacred king. 4 The gifted people. 5 The silver branch. 6 The blessed otherworld. 7 The hero's glory. 8 The year's turning. 9 The paradise tree. 10 The endless knot

'My brief in this little book has been to give the reader an introduction to the mysterious inner world of the Celts and to examine the empowerments of their myth and magic. It is not intended to be a history of the Celtic races nor a compendious mythology detailing each god and goddess. I have chosen to deal primarily with the British and Irish Celtic traditions, rather than with those of the Continental Celts. The insular Celts of the British Isles, particularly of Ireland, were relatively undisturbed by other cultures longer than the Celts of the Continent. They thus retained their traditions longer than their Continental relatives. These were subsequently transmitted from oral to literary tradition during the so-called Dark Ages through to the late Middle Ages. It is to these sources that I have gone for my researches....' --Introduction

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