Celtic mythology books 101
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2017
- Oh no I forgot to include one more: Legends and Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence. Celtic myths just on this little section of France. Very good.
Celtic Myths and Legends by T. W. Rolleston
Celtic Myth and Legend by Charles Squire
Myths and Legends of the Celts by James MacKillop
Chronicles of the Celts by Peter Berresford Ellis
Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
Old Celtic Romances by P. W. Joyce
Early Irish Myths and Sagas by Jeffrey Gantz
The Tain translation by Thomas Kinsella
The Tain translation by Ciaran Carson
The Mabinogion translated by Lady Charlotte Guest
The Mabinogion translation by S. Davies
The Mabinogion translation by Gwyn and Thomas Jones, illustrated by Alan Lee
I googled this specially illustrated book. It can be purchased from Abe books and Amazon but it’s expensive. An alternative would be to buy a cheaper copy and google the illustrations by Alan Lee.
Scotland
Myth, Legend, and Folklore
By Stuart McHardy
Celtic Mythology by Pronsias Mac Cana
Wonderful list. Thanks for taking the time to 'curate' your Celtic mythology collection! I'm looking forward to tracking down some of these titles! Happy 2018!
Misha Catkins Happy New Year.
Thanks so much for your videos man! I have just recently gotten into mythology and felt like I was having some trouble finding out where to start, but your suggestions are really helpful. Really enjoy your channel man, simple and very informative! Thanks for sharing!
Patrick Haney thank you. Happy to help.
Thank you for putting this video out. Your passion for the celtic mythology really pulled me in. Will check your other videos when I will finish reading the books you showed in the video, have a good day.
Bar Ganon very happy you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for taking the time to share. Have you found anything of interest since this video you'd like to share? Maybe I should sort through other videos 😅 this is one of the only videos I've seen uploaded on this topic.
aMillionWaysToWipe thanks for the question. I actually read recently a wonderful book by Mark Williams called Ireland’s Immortals. Very modern and scholarly. Really expanded my knowledge of Celtic mythology and the emergent mysticism it inspired in the 19th century.
www.amazon.com/Irelands-Immortals-History-Gods-Irish/dp/0691157316
@@joeyraggs thanks for the tip. I'll look into it.
Thank you for making this list.
Helps me narrow down my choice.
Have you read Michael Tsarions work?
He recommends his e-books as he regularly edits his books based on new evidence.
UOY KCUF thanks for the suggestion. I’ll look into him.
Teutonic Trickster love Michael Tsarion! 🖤
Brilliant stuff joey! What books would you recommend on germanic mythology? And also just curious do you like any folk music?
Cheers from down under!
Jacob Grimm wrote a famous long book called Teutonic Mythology. It may outdated and out of print though. Usually Norse mythology is housed under Germanic mythology. See my video on books on Norse Mythology.
Also, there’s great legendary material from medieval Germany/Austria. There’s the Song of the Nibelungs by Anonymous, Pazival by Eschenbach, and Tristan by Strausburg. The last two are part of Arthurian myth, but German literature contributed largely to it.
Cheers.
Regarding folk music, I love Bulgarian music. The women’s choir music, based on folk tunes, I really like.
@@joeyraggs Cheers for the book recommendations, I'll definitely look into them! Yes, Bulgarian music is beautiful! Any traditional folk music, in general, is just brilliant
Can I ask, do u know the meaning of word Ruach..& if it spills into Celtic Myths ?
Thanks for your question. Ruach is red in certain Celtic languages. I googled the word and found that it means spirit or breath in Hebrew. I don’t know if the ancient Celts identified the spirit with breath, but they did believe in the transmigration of souls. It’s like a type of reincarnation. They also speak of certain lands of the dead and the Ofherworld. The Hebrews had a more vague notion of an afterlife in a place called Sheol. I think you’re essentially just dead.
Hi Joey , I have both of those first two books & a full database on what is written in there, please tell us about the golden apples
I think there’s a story about golden apples involving the sea god Mananan Mac Lir.
Dig deeper, the golden apples belong to Aine, the Goddess of Love ..I'd love for u to do that story ..& she is also the Fairy Queen ..altho she passes on her mantle to others, she has at least two Divine lineages in Ireland ..both established into the Cygnus lineages .it is he who sits on an island off the coast of Ireland . 'At the edge of the world' when God came ..it was nice listening to ur video & it was very well done ..thank u ..
Thank you so much. I’m happy you like my vids.
I’ve heard of Aine, but never became too acquainted with. I’ll look more into her.
I'm writing a paper specifically about the Celtic pantheon. What book do you think is best when learning about Celtic deities in particular?
Ratoftheswamp You know, recently I discovered a new book. It’s called Ireland’s Immortals A History of the Gods of Irish Myth by Mark Williams.
It’s a brilliant scholarly work. The first half is about the gods themselves and how the Celts saw them. The second half deals with the discovery of Celtic myth by romantics and occultists. The first half is what you are most likely interested in.
I downloaded it on my kindle.
Otherwise if you want something less technical, one of the books I recommended in my video, Myths of the Celts by James MacKillop is good.
@@joeyraggs thank you so much!
Best wishes.
Oh I just realized. Ireland’s Immortals just deals with the Irish Celts, whereas the book by MacKillop talks more of the Celts in general.
Also, Pronsias MacCana’s Celtic Mythology is a general source with great illustrations, but it’s a bit old.
Nice list there! May I know where or what website you use to bought them? My country doesn't have this kind of books, or you could say rare and hard to find. No luck in searching for them.
夜 ' 之雨 most of these books I purchased in NY years ago in stores like Barnes and Noble and Strand. I would suggest trying Amazon, the online megastore. Also, if you download the Kindle or iBooks app some of these books should be available. Keep in mind that there are alternate translations than the ones I showed and are perfectly fine. Some books might not be available any more, like that illustrated Mabinogion I showed. I’m sorry you are having trouble finding them, I don’t know what else to suggest. I really appreciate you liking my video. Best wishes.
They're all at bookdepository.com and free shipping world wide. I get 90% of my books there because its cheaper than ordering them from my own country.
joeyraggs I've bought few! Very
appreciated, sorry for my bad grammar.
Norman Edwards Thank you! Have a great day :)
Norman Edwards That’s a great tip. Thank you!
Its Táin (tawn), not "tay-n"
Thank you. Although I understand that it may be pronounced differently depending on the region of Ireland. Another way is toyne. At least that’s what one Irish speaker told me once.
@@joeyraggs I live beside the mountain Queen Maeve is buried, my copy of the book has á, not a. I've only ever heard tawn and not anything else. The "á" gives a "aww" sound in the irish language
That’s good to know. Thanks. As a non Irish speaker I have to look at the pronounciation guide at the back. But I many times mispronounce things.
You live where Queen Maeve is buried! Dude, that’s really cool.
@@joeyraggs the walk up to the top of the mountain (where she is buried) is really nice, it's called Knocnarae or in irish (Chnoc na Rae). Its tradition to carry a stone from the bottom to the top and lay it on her resting place, you should look it up and see how many stones are there now haha!
I’m definitely going to look it up. It’s amazing how so many places in Ireland are associated with its legendary past. Thanks for sharing this.