PREFACE
CONTENTS
THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS
CHAPTER I THE INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE OF CELTIC MYTHOLOGY
CHAPTER II THE SOURCES OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CELTIC MYTHOLOGY
CHAPTER III WHO WERE THE "ANCIENT BRITONS"?
CHAPTER IV THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS AND DRUIDISM
THE GAELIC GODS AND THEIR STORIES
CHAPTER V THE GODS OF THE GAELS
CHAPTER VI THE GODS ARRIVE
CHAPTER VII THE RISE OF THE SUN-GOD [109]
CHAPTER VIII THE GAELIC ARGONAUTS
CHAPTER IX THE WAR WITH THE GIANTS [135]
CHAPTER X THE CONQUEST OF THE GODS BY MORTALS
CHAPTER XI THE GODS IN EXILE
CHAPTER XII THE IRISH ILIAD
CHAPTER XIII SOME GAELIC LOVE-STORIES
CHAPTER XIV FINN AND THE FENIANS [223]
CHAPTER XV THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE GODS
THE BRITISH GODS AND THEIR STORIES
CHAPTER XVI THE GODS OF THE BRITONS
CHAPTER XVII THE ADVENTURES OF THE GODS OF HADES
CHAPTER XVIII THE WOOING OF BRANWEN AND THE BEHEADING OF BRaN [336]
CHAPTER XIX THE WAR OF ENCHANTMENTS [345]
CHAPTER XX THE VICTORIES OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS
CHAPTER XXI THE MYTHOLOGICAL "COMING OF ARTHUR"
CHAPTER XXII THE TREASURES OF BRITAIN
CHAPTER XXIII THE GODS AS KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS
CHAPTER XXIV THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE GODS
SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC PAGANISM
CHAPTER XXV SURVIVALS OF THE CELTIC PAGANISM INTO MODERN TIMES
APPENDIX
INDEX
