Druids

Preachers of Immortality

By: Anne Ross

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Paperback | 1 June 2004

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Druidism was the religion of the Celts and the Druids themselves were all-powerful taking precedence over the Celtic kings. Over and above the evidence of classical texts and of archaeology the richest source of information about the Druids is the vernacular material from Ireland and Wales. It is the authors unparalleled familiarity with the Gaelic texts and her ability to see Druidism through Celtic eyes that marks out this study from earlier books and strips away modern myths about the Druids.

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Non-Fiction Religion & Beliefs Other Non-Christian Religions Tribal Religions Ancient Religions & Mythologies Celtic Religion & Mythology Society & Culture Cultural Studies History Specific Events & Topics in History Social & Cultural History General & World History

Regional & National History European History British & Irish History Archaeology

Acknowledgements	p. 6
Preface	p. 7
Foreword--The Celtic languages	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Druidic origins	p. 21
The classical commentators	p. 33
Questionable death and unusual burial	p. 53
The symbolic head	p. 89
The vernacular literatures	p. 113
Druids and Fenians	p. 129
Assemblies and calendar festivals	p. 143
Unity and diversity	p. 165
Folklore and festival	p. 183
Epilogue	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 213
Further reading	p. 215
Index	p. 217
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