From around 750BC to 12BC, the Celts were the most powerful people
in central and northern Europe. With the expansion of the Roman
Empire and the later Christianization of these lands, they were
pushed to the fringes of north-western Spain, France and the
British Isles. But there the mythology of these peoples held
strong. The tales from Celtic myth were noted down and also
absorbed into other cultures. From Roman and Christian scribes we
know of characters like Morrigan the shape-shifting queen, who
could change herself from a crow to a wolf, Cu Chulainn, who,
mortally wounded in battle, tied himself with his own intestines to
a rock so that he'd die standing up, and the Cauldron of Bran,
which could restore life. Other than being fascinating in their own
right, Celtic legends are of interest for the influence they had
over subsequent mythologies. The story of the Holy Grail first
appears in medieval romances but its antecedents can be found in
the Celtic tale, the Mabinogion. Illustrated with more than 180
artworks and photographs and maps, Celtic Myths is an expertly
written account of the mythological tales that both fascinate us
and influence other writings.
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