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The Celts had no scripture. Their priestly class — the druids — taught the gods orally and would not commit the doctrines to writing. So when Christianity arrived, the old religion did not survive in its own voice; it survived in the manuscripts of monks who recorded the stories anyway, half as literature, half as catechism's negative. Key sections include: The Celtic Otherworld.; Opening What survived the saints.; Chapter I Who the Celts were.; Chapter II The four Irish cycles.; Chapter III The Tuatha Dé Danann.; Chapter IV Cú Chulainn — the hound of Ulster.; Chapter V The Battles of Mag Tuired.; Chapter VI Fionn mac Cumhaill and the fianna.; Chapter VII The Mabinogion.; Chapter VIII The Welsh Arthur..
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