Monthly Archives: July, 2009
Celtic Myths (The Legendary Past) by Miranda Jane Green
Celtic Myths is a tiny book (only 80 pages including index) but it makes for an interesting and informative read if you are just beginning to read Celtic mythology. Much of the information in the book deals with Irish and Welsh mythology. The thing that I appreciate the most about this book is the Further …
Defining Culture and Celtic Culture
Introduction Doing the research for this essay, it was hard not to admit defeat. There was no one culture that could be pointed out as distinctly Celtic today or for that matter in ancient times. The aim of this short essay is to define culture and Celtic culture from my point of view. Defining Culture …
Pagan Celtic Britain by Anne Ross
Everyone who studies Celtic beliefs knows that many aspects of pre-Roman and pre-Christian beliefs remain shrouded in mystery. Ann Ross in this comprehensive book is trying to convince us, the readers, that neither the Roman invasion of Britain nor the coming of Christianity eliminated pagan religious practice. Dr. Anne Ross speaks Gaelic and Welsh and …
Celtic Heritage: Ancient tradition in Ireland and Wales by Alwyn and Brinley Rees
This is a book that I have read a couple of times before and a book that teaches me something new every time that I read it. Some of the information in the book is of course out of date but that in no way detracts from the book or its importance in looking at …
Celtic Language Celtic Culture Edited by A.T.E. Matonis and Daniel F. Melia
“Celtic” applies to a group of related languages in the Indo-European language group and the cultures that developed in the communities that speak these languages. Many people in the scholastic communities consider that Celtic identity is not based on genetics or “blood” but on being part of this linguistic and cultural grouping. In the preface …
Land of Women: Tales of Sex and Gender from Early Ireland by Lisa M. Bitel
In the preface of the book the author tells us the time period she will be covering, which is early medieval Ireland, and the goal of the book, which is to sketch the gender system of the early medieval Irish Society. For her sources the author uses hard data about the land, then looks at …
Nature and the Human Soul by Bill Plotkin
Nature and the Human Soul discuss the stages of development of humans viewed from the perspective of eco-soulcentric society. The author tries to present how someone can move from an egocentric standpoint to a soulcentric one, or how to bring up a child to become soulcentric. He uses his studies of the subject, and experiences …
Blood and Mistletoe: The History of Druids in Britain by Ronald Hutton
Ronald Hutton is presenting the outcome of his research into the subject of Druidry, which took place between 2000 and 2007. Unlike his previous book The Druids, this book is in depth, and its format is chronological, which gives the reader time to fully integrate and compare each time period to the one preceding it. …
