Delve deeply into the 6 Celtic kingdoms: Ireland, Manx, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Brittany with the Celtic Cyclopedia! Within these pages the stories come alive of kings, queens, heroes, saints, gods and monsters. The book explores the religions, cultures and mythology of the Celtic tribes, and touches upon those of the invading Vikings. The Celtic Twilight is explored, as one age ends and another begins!
This book is a lore compendium, that can be enjoyed for it's historical authenticity or paired with the RPG book The Children of Eiru. The Celtic Cyclopedia does for the British Isles what the Illuminated Edda did for norse/viking mythology.
The Celtic Cyclopedia delves deeply into the 6 Celtic kingdoms:
• Ireland
• Manx
• Scotland
• Wales
• Cornwall
• Brittany
The book explores the religions, cultures and mythology of the Celtic tribes, and touches upon those of the invading Vikings. The 10th century Celtic Twilight is explored, as one age ends and another begins.
Within these pages the stories come alive of kings, queens, heroes, saints, gods and monsters:
• Tuatha Dé Danann
• Fir Bolg
• Fomorians
• Pan-Celtic gods and goddesses
• The Dark Ones
• The historical tales of Arthur
• Faeries, goblins and other curiosities
• The walking Saints and their miracles
• The kings, queens and heroes such as Cú Chulainn
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.
- Yeats (1886)
Book | |
Format | 8.5 x 11 hard cover |
Type | Mythology and Lore |
Pages | ~250 |
Rule System/Engine | Lore |
Book | |
Format | 8.5 x 11 hard cover |
Type | Mythology and Lore |
Pages | ~250 |
Rule System/Engine | Lore |
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Tags: Celts, Celtic, Fate of the Norns, Ireland, Manx, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany