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CONTENTS

CHAP.

 

PAGE

I.

INTRODUCTORY

1

II.

THE CELTIC PEOPLE

8

III.

THE GODS OF GAUL AND THE CONTINENTAL CELTS

22

IV.

THE IRISH MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE

49

V.

THE TUATHA DÉ DANANN

63

VI.

THE GODS OF THE BRYTHONS

95

VII.

THE CÚCHULAINN CYCLE

127

VIII.

THE FIONN SAGA

142

IX.

GODS AND MEN

158

X.

THE CULT OF THE DEAD

165

XI.

PRIMITIVE NATURE WORSHIP

171

XII.

RIVER AND WELL WORSHIP

181

XIII.

TREE AND PLANT WORSHIP

198

XIV.

ANIMAL WORSHIP

208

XV.

COSMOGONY

227

XVI.

SACRIFICE, PRAYER, AND DIVINATION

233

XVII.

TABU

252

XVIII.

FESTIVALS

256

XIX.

ACCESSORIES OF CULT

279

XX.

THE DRUIDS

293

XXI.

MAGIC

319

XXII.

THE STATE OF THE DEAD

333

XXIII.

REBIRTH AND TRANSMIGRATION

348

XXIV.

ELYSIUM

362

 


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