Celtic mythology
Irish divine tales
Celtic mythology refers to the body of myths, legends, and religious beliefs of the ancient Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Western and Central Europe, particularly Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Brittany.
These stories feature gods, heroes, and supernatural beings like the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish tradition, along with themes of the otherworld, shape-shifting, and cyclical time.
Much of what survives was recorded by Christian monks centuries after the pre-Christian era, blending pagan elements with medieval literary traditions.
- Tuatha Dé DanannAncient Irish deity tribe
- fairy moundEnchanted hill of folklore
- BrigidIrish holy woman
- Táin Bó CúailngeOld Irish heroic saga
- DruidsCeltic priestly caste
holy wells · Tír na nÓg · Rhiannon · Fenian Cycle · Samhain · ravens · Beltane · faeries · mistletoe · otherworld · oak · kelpie · banshee · Manannán mac Lir · selkie · Avalon · standing stones · cauldron
- Celtic RevivalW.B. Yeats, Irish literature, Irish poetry, Irish folklore, Irish legends
- Irish cultureshamrock, shamrocks, leprechaun, leprechauns, Irish dance
- Mythologies
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- Celtic heritagedruids, bards, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
- Ancient IrelandGaels, druids, Tara, Brehon law, high kings
Celtic mythologyNorse mythology
Scandinavian pagan religion
Greek mythology · Roman mythology · Egyptian mythology · Hindu mythology · Japanese mythology
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Post-Enlightenment systematic investigation
scientific method · empiricism · rationalism · secular humanism · atheism
Celtic mythologyatheism
Rejection of deities
Christianity · Islam · Judaism · monotheism · world religions
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