| RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR
INTRODUCTION
TO CELTIC TRADITIONS 101 April 27, 1999 - June 13, 1999 Instructor: Searles O'Dubhain Below is a list of books that are recommended for people interested in learning more about Celtic History and Traditions. The 5 that are marked with a Bord, Janet and Colin, The Enchanted Land, Myths & Legends of Britains Landscape, Thorsons, San Francisco, 1995, ISBN 1-85538-407-8. Brennan, Martin, The Stones of Time, Calendars, Sundials, and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland, Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont, 1994. Briggs, Katharine, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Pantheon Books, New York, 1976. Burl, Aubrey, A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1995, ISBN 0-300-06331-8. Cahill, Thomas, How the Irish Saved Civilization, Double Day, New York, 1995, ISBN 0-385-41849-3. Cambrensis, Giraldus, The History and Topographu of Ireland, translated by John OMeara, Dolmen Texts, Mountrath, Ireland, 1982, ISBN 0-85105-311-4. Carmichael, Alexander, Carmina
Gadelica, Lindesfarne Press, Hudson, New York, 1992. Carr-Gomm, Philip and Stephanie,
The Druid Animal Oracle, Fireside Books, New York, 1994, ISBN 0-671-50300-6.
Cunliffe, Barry, The Celtic World, St. Martins Press, New York, 1990, ISBN 0-312-09700-x. Dames, Michael, Mythic
Ireland, Thames and Hudson Pub., London 1992. Davidson, H. R. Ellis, Gods
and Myths of Northern Europe, Penguin Books, New York, 1990. Douglas, Ronald M., The Scots Book, Including the Folklore, Clans, Recipes, Place Names, Proverbs and Prose, Bracken Books, London, 1995, ISBN 1-85891-203-2. Durning, William and Mary, A Guide to Irish Roots, Including Celts, Vikings, Normans, Kings, Queens and Commoners, Irish Family Names Society, La Mesa, CA, 1986. Dwelly, Edward, The Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary, Gairm Publications, Glasgow, 1994. Ellis, Peter Berresford, Celtic
Inheritance, Dorset Press, New York, 1992. Evans-Wentz, W.Y., The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, Citadel Press, New York, 1990. Gregory, Lady, Gods
and Fighting Men, Colin Smythe Ltd., Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, 1993, ISBN
0-901072-37-0. Gregory, Lady and Yeats, William Butler, A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore, Gramercy Books, New York, 1986, ISBN 0-517-48904-X.
Gwynn, Edward, The Metrical Dindshenchas (Vol. 1-5), School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1991. Koch, John T. And Carey, John, The Celtic Heroic Age, Celtic Studies Publications, Malden, MA, 1995, ISBN 0-9642446-2-4. Lewis, Edwin C., Welsh Dictionary, NTC Publishing Group, Chicago, IL, 1993. Logan, Patrick, The Holy Wells of Ireland, Colin Smythe Limited, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, 1992, ISBN 0-86140-046-1. Hutton, Ronald, The Pagan Religions of the British Isles, Their Nature and Their Legacy, Blackwell, Oxford, 1991. Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone, A Celtic Miscellany, Penguin Books, New York, 1971, ISBN 0-14-044247-2. Jones, Prudence, and Pennick, Nigel, A History of Pagan Europe, Routledge, London, 1995, ISBN 0-415-09136-5. Keating, Geoffrey, History of Ireland, Translation by John OMahony, Irish Genealogical Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 1857. Kelly, Fergus (editor), Audacht
Morainn, The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976. Kinsella, Thomas, The Tain, Oxford University Press, New York, 1988. MacCrossan, Tadhg, The Sacred Cauldron, Secrets of the Druids, Llewellyn Publications, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 1992. MacCulloch, J.A., The
Religion of the Ancient Celts, Studio Editions, London, 1992. MacCana, Proinsias, The Learned Tales of Medieval Ireland, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, 19880. Mallory, J.P. and Gary Stockman, Editors, Ulidia, Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, December Publications, Belfast, 1994.
McNeill, F. Marian, The Silver Bough, Cannongate Publishing LTD, Edinburg, 1956. Moscati, Sabatino (coordinator), The Celts, Rizzolli, New York, 1991, ISBN 0-8478-1407-6. O'Driscoil, Robert, The Celtic Consciousness, George Braziller, New York, 1982. Onians, R. B., The Origins of European Thought about the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995, ISBN 0-521-34794-7. Pennick, Nigel, Celtic Sacred Landscapes, Thames & Hudson, London, 1996, ISBN 0-500-01666-6. Piggott, Stuart, The Druids, Thames & Hudson, New York, 1985. Quin, E.G., Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1990.
Renfrew, Colin, Archaeology & Language, The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1994, ISBN 0-521-38675-6. Rhys, John, Celtic Britain, Random House, London, 1996, ISBN 1-85958-203-6. Rolleston, T. W., Celtic Myths and Legends, Dover Publications Co., New York, 1990. Romm, James S., The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1992. Ross, Anne, The
Folklore of the Scottish Highlands, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1993. Ross, Anne and Robins, Don, The Life and Death of a Druid Prince, Rider, London, 1989. Rutherford, Ward, Celtic
Mythology, The Nature and Influence of Celtic Myth- from Druidism to Arthurian
Legend, Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 1990. Scherman, Katharine, The Flowering of Ireland, Saints, Scholars, and Kings, Barnes & Noble, New York, 1981, ISBN 0-76070-126-1. Squire, Charles, Celtic Myth and Legend, New Castle Publishing, London, 1975. Stewart, R. J., Celtic
Gods, Celtic Goddesses, Blandford, London, 1990. Streit, Jakob, Sun and Cross, From Megalithic Culture to Early Christianity in Ireland, Floris Books, Edinburgh, 1993, ISBN 0-86315-157-4. Swan, James A., The Power of Place & Human Environments, Quest Books, Wheaton IL, 1991, ISBN 0-8356-0670-8. Toulson, Shirley, The Celtic Year, A Month-by- Month Celebration of Celtic Christian Festivals and Sites, Element Books, Rockport, MA, 1993. Way, George, Clans & Tartans, The Histories & Tartans of Over 120 Clans, HarperCollins, Glasgow, 1995, ISBN 0-00-470810-5. Zachzek, Ian, Chronicles of the Celts, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1997, ISBN0-8069-9949-7. If you have questions regarding this list, please contact searles@summerlands.com If you need assistance locating or
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