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 de danann
63
vi. The gods of the
Brythons 95
vii. The Cuchulainn 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
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES THROUGHOUT THIS WORK
(This list is not a Bibliography.)
Brand: Rev. J. Brand, Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain. 3 vols. 1870.
Blanchet: A. Blanchet, Traite des monnaies gauloises. 2 vols. Paris, 1905.
Bertrand: A. Bertrand, Religion des gaulois. Paris, 1897.
Campbell, WHT: J.F. Campbell, Popular Tales of the West Highlands. 4 vols. Edinburgh, 1890.
CAMPBELL LF: J.F. Campbell, Leabhar na Feinne. London, 1872.
CAMPBELL, Superstitions: J.G. Campbell, Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. 1900.