The Mythology of the British Islands / An Introduction to Celtic Myth, Legend, Poetry, and Romance

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

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