Contents
CONTENTS
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| I. | THE INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE OF CELTIC MYTHOLOGY | |
| II. | THE SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CELTIC MYTHOLOGY | |
| III. | WHO WERE THE "ANCIENT BRITONS"? | |
| IV. | THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS AND DRUIDISM | |
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| V. | THE GODS OF THE GAELS | |
| VI. | THE GODS ARRIVE | |
| VII. | THE RISE OF THE SUN-GOD | |
| VIII. | THE GAELIC ARGONAUTS | |
| IX. | THE WAR WITH THE GIANTS | |
| X. | THE CONQUEST OF THE GODS BY MORTALS | |
| XI. | THE GODS IN EXILE | |
| XII. | THE IRISH ILIAD | |
| XIII. | SOME GAELIC LOVE-STORIES | |
| XIV. | FINN AND THE FENIANS | |
| XV. | THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE GODS | |
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| XVI. | THE GODS OF THE BRITONS | |
| XVII. | THE ADVENTURES OF THE GODS OF HADES | |
| XVIII. | THE WOOING OF BRANWEN AND THE BEHEADING OF BRÂN | |
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| XIX. | THE WAR OF ENCHANTMENTS | |
| XX. | THE VICTORIES OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS | |
| XXI. | THE MYTHOLOGICAL "COMING OF ARTHUR" | |
| XXII. | THE TREASURES OF BRITAIN | |
| XXIII. | THE GODS AS KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS | |
| XXIV. | THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE GODS | |
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| XXV. | SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC PAGANISM INTO MODERN TIMES | |
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| INDEX | |
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| TABLE OF PRONUNCIATION FOR THE MORE DIFFICULT WORDS |