Celtic Myth and Legend: Contents

| CHAP. | | Page | | I. | THE INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE OF CELTIC MYTHOLOGY | 1 | | II. | THE SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CELTIC MYTHOLOGY | 8 | | III. | WHO WERE THE "ANCIENT BRITONS"? | 18 | | IV. | THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS AND DRUIDISM | 31 | | | THE GAELIC GODS AND THEIR STORIES | | | V. | THE GODS OF THE GAELS | 47 | | VI. | THE GODS ARRIVE | 65 | | VII. | THE RISE OF THE SUN-GOD | 78 | | VIII. | THE GAELIC ARGONAUTS | 89 | | IX. | THE WAR WITH THE GIANTS | 107 | | X. | THE CONQUEST OF THE GODS BY MORTALS | 119 | | XI. | THE GODS IN EXILE | 132 | | XII. | THE IRISH ILIAD | 153 | | XIII. | SOME GAELIC LOVE-STORIES | 184 | | XIV. | FINN AND THE FENIANS | 201 | | XV. | THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE GODS | 227 | | | THE BRITISH GODS AND THEIR STORIES | | | XVI. | THE GODS OF THE BRITONS | 251 | | XVII. | THE ADVENTURES OF THE GODS OF HADES | 278 | | XVIII. | THE WOOING OF BRANWEN AND THE BEHEADING OF BRÂN | 289 | | | p. x | | | CHAP. | | Page | | XIX. | THE WAR OF ENCHANTMENTS | 298 | | XX. | THE VICTORIES OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS | 305 | | XXI. | THE MYTHOLOGICAL "COMING OF ARTHUR" | 312 | | XXII. | THE TREASURES OF BRITAIN | 336 | | XXIII. | THE GODS AS KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS | 354 | | XXIV. | THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE GODS | 371 | | | SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC PAGANISM | | | XXV. | SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC PAGANISM INTO MODERN TIMES | 399 | | | INDEX | 425 | | | TABLE OF PRONUNCIATION FOR THE MORE DIFFICULT WORDS | 447 |