# Celtic Mythology

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Category: Mythology
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:47.835Z
Tags: mythology, celtic

## Summary

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..

## Slide Outline

1. The Celtic Otherworld.
2. Opening What survived the saints.
3. Chapter I Who the Celts were.
4. Chapter II The four Irish cycles.
5. Chapter III The Tuatha Dé Danann.
6. Chapter IV Cú Chulainn — the hound of Ulster.
7. Chapter V The Battles of Mag Tuired.
8. Chapter VI Fionn mac Cumhaill and the fianna.
9. Chapter VII The Mabinogion.
10. Chapter VIII The Welsh Arthur.
11. Chapter IX The druids.
12. Chapter X The Otherworld.
13. Chapter XI The four fire festivals.
14. Chapter XII The goddess of sovereignty.
15. Chapter XIII The triple form.
16. Chapter XIV The bardic order.
17. Chapter XV The Christianisation.
18. Chapter XVI Scottish folklore — kelpies, selkies, the second sight.
19. Chapter XVII Brittany — the Continental survivor.
20. Chapter XVIII Cornwall and the Tristan tradition.
21. Chapter XIX The Celtic Revival.
22. Chapter XX Modern Druidry and Celtic Reconstructionism.
23. Chapter XXI The land speaks.
24. Chapter XXII The reading list.
25. Chapter XXIII Watch & read.
26. Chapter XXIV If you want to read these.
27. Chapter XXV Why these mythologies endure.
28. Chapter XXVI Where Celtic studies stand now.
29. Chapter XXVII The fairies are real.
30. The end of the deck.

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