THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT CELTS
BY
J.A. MACCULLOCH
HON. D.D.(ST. ANDREWS); HON. CANON OF CUMBRAE
CATHEDRAL
AUTHOR OF "COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY"
"RELIGION: ITS ORIGIN AND FORMS" "THE MISTY ISLE OF SKYE"
"THE CHILDHOOD OF FICTION: A STUDY OF FOLK-TALES AND PRIMITIVE
THOUGHT"
Edinburgh: T. & T. CLARK, 38 George Street
1911
Printed by
MORRISON & GIBB LIMITED,
FOR
T. & T. CLARK, EDINBURGH.
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, AND CO.
LIMITED.
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.
TO
ANDREW LANG
PREFACE
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES THROUGHOUT THIS
WORK
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
CHAPTER II. THE CELTIC PEOPLE.
CHAPTER III. THE GODS OF GAUL AND THE CONTINENTAL CELTS.
CHAPTER IV. THE IRISH MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE.
CHAPTER V. THE TUATHA DÉ DANANN
CHAPTER VI. THE GODS OF THE BRYTHONS
CHAPTER VII. THE CÚCHULAINN CYCLE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE FIONN SAGA.
CHAPTER IX. GODS AND MEN.
CHAPTER X. THE CULT OF THE DEAD.
CHAPTER XI. PRIMITIVE NATURE WORSHIP.
CHAPTER XII. RIVER AND WELL WORSHIP.
CHAPTER XIII. TREE AND PLANT WORSHIP.
CHAPTER XIV. ANIMAL WORSHIP.
CHAPTER XV. COSMOGONY.
CHAPTER XVI. SACRIFICE, PRAYER, AND DIVINATION.
CHAPTER XVII. TABU.
CHAPTER XVIII. FESTIVALS.
CHAPTER XIX. ACCESSORIES OF CULT.
CHAPTER XX. THE DRUIDS.
CHAPTER XXI. MAGIC.
CHAPTER XXII. THE STATE OF THE DEAD.
CHAPTER XXIII. REBIRTH AND TRANSMIGRATION.
CHAPTER XXIV. ELYSIUM.
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