Celtic Gods and Heroes
, by Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise- ISBN: 9780486414416 | 0486414418
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/18/2000
Noted French scholar and linguist discusses the gods of the continental Celts, the beginnings of mythology in Ireland, heroes, and the two main categories of Irish deities: mother-goddesses local, rural spirits of fertility or of war and chieftain-gods: national deities who are magicians, nurturers, craftsmen, and protectors of the people.