Recommended Reading
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| These first 5 books are our top
recommendations for people taking this class. |
| Cross and Slover Ancient Irish Tales, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1996 (Out of Print at Amazon - available at Barnes & Noble) |
| Ellis, Peter Berresford The Druids, William B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1994, ISBN 0-8028-3798-0 |
| Green, Miranda J Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, Thames & Hudson, London, 1992. |
| Matthews, John and Cailtin Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom, A Celtic Shaman's Sourcebook, Element Books, Rockport, MA, 1994. |
| Rees, Alwyn and Brinley Celtic Heritage, Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales, Thames & Hudson, New York, 1994. |
| Bord, Janet and Colin The Enchanted Land, Myths & Legends of Britain's Landscape, Thorsons, San Francisco, 1995 |
| 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 |
| Cahill, Thomas How the Irish Saved Civilization, Double Day, New York, 1995 |
| Cambrensis, Giraldus The History and Topography of Ireland, translated by John O'Meara, Dolmen Texts, Mountrath, Ireland, 1982 |
| Carmichael, Alexander Carmina Gadelica, Lindesfarne Press, Hudson, New York, 1992 New Moon of the Seasons, Prayers from the Highlands and Islands, Lindesfarne Press, Hudson, New York, 1992 |
| Carr-Gomm, Philip and Stephanie The Druid Animal Oracle, Fireside Books, New York, 1994 The Elements of the Druid Tradition, , 1997 The Druid Renaissance, Thorsons, San Francisco, 1996 |
| Cunliffe, Barry The Celtic World, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1990 |
| Dames, Michael Mythic Ireland, Thames and Hudson Pub., London 1992 The Avebury Cycle, Thames and Hudson Pub., London 1996. |
| Davidson, H. R. Ellis Gods and Myths of Northern Europe, Penguin Books, New York, 1990. Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe, Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 1988 Gods and Myths of the Viking Age, Barnes & Noble, New York, 1964 |
| 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. (Not Available via Amazon Books) |
| 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. A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, Oxford University Press, NY 1992. A Dictionary of Irish Mythology, Oxford University Press, NY, 1987 |
| Evans-Wentz, W.Y. The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, Citadel Press, New York, 1990. |
| Green, Miranda J The Celtic World, Routledge, London. 1996 |
| Gregory, Lady Gods and Fighting Men, Colin Smythe Ltd., Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, 1993 Visions & Beliefs in the West of Ireland, Colin Smythe Ltd., Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, 1992, ISBN 0-901072-36-2. (Listed as Out of Print on Amazon Books) |
| 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. (Not Available via Amazon Books) |
| 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 |
| Jones, Prudence, and Pennick, Nigel A History of Pagan Europe, Routledge, London, 1995 |
| Keating, Geoffrey History of Ireland, Translation by John O'Mahony, (3 Vol Set) Irish Genealogical Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri,1996 |
| Kelly, Fergus (editor) Audacht Morainn, The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976 (Not Available via Amazon Books) A Guide to Early Irish Law, The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1991 |
| Kinsella, Thomas The Tain, Oxford University Press, New York, 1988. |
| Koch, John T & 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 |
| 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. Celtic Mythology, Academy Chicago Publishers, Chicago, 1996 |
| MacCana, Proinsias The Learned Tales of Medieval Ireland, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, 1988. (Not Available via Amazon Books) |
| Mallory, J.P. and Gary Stockman, Editors Ulidia, Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, December Publications, Belfast, 1994. (Not Available via Amazon Books) |
| McNeill, F. Marian The Silver Bough, Cannongate Publishing LTD, Edinburg, 1956. |
| Moscati, Sabatino (coordinator) The Celts, Rizzolli, New ork, 1991 ISBN 0-8478-1407-6 |
| O'Driscoll, Robert The Celtic Consciousness, George Braziller, New York, 1982 |
| Onians, R. B. The Origins of European Thought about Body, Mind, Soul, World, Time, and Fate, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1995 |
| Pennick, Nigel Celtic Sacred Landscapes, Thames & Hudson, London, 1996 |
| Piggott, Stuart The Druids, Thames & Hudson, New York, 1985 |
| Quin, E.G. Dictionary of the Irish Language, Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1990. (Not Available via Amazon Books) |
| Renfrew, Colin Archaeology & Language, The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins, Cambridge University Press, New York, 1994 |
| Rhys, John Celtic Britain, Random House, London, 1996, ISBN 1-85958-203-6. (Not Available via Amazon Books) |
| 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 (HC) The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1992 (PB) |
| Ross, Anne The Folklore of the Scottish Highlands, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1993. Druids, Gods & Heroes from Celtic Mythology, Peter Bedrick Books, New York, 1994. |
| Ross, Anne and Robins, Don The Life & Death of a Druid Prince, The Story of an Archaeological Sensation, Rider, London, 1989. |
| Rutherford, Ward Celtic Mythology The Nature & Influence of Celtic Myth- rom Druidism to Arthurian Legend, Sterling Publishing , 1990 Celtic Lore, The History of the Druids and Their Timeless Traditions, Aquarian Books, San Francisco, 1993 |
| Scherman, Katharine The Flowering of Ireland, Saints, Scholars, and Kings, Barnes & Noble, New York, 1981 |
| Squire, Charles Celtic Myth and Legend, New Castle Publishing, London, 1975. |
| Stewart, R. J. Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses, Blandford, London, 1990. Robert Kirk: Walker Between Worlds, Element Books Ltd., Shaftesbury, Dorset, 1990. |
| Streit, Jakob Sun and Cross, From Megalithic Culture to early Christianity in Ireland, Floris Books, Edinburgh, 1993 |
| Swan, James A. The Power of Place & Human Environments, Quest Books, Wheaton IL, 1991 |
| 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, Iain Chronicles of the Celts, Sterling Publishing Co, Inc, New York 1997 |