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
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
  Appendix 419
  Index 425