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The Mythology of the British Islands

by Charles Squire

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The Interest and Importance of Celtic Mythology
  3. 3Chapter II — The Sources of Our Knowledge of the Celtic Mythology
  4. 4Chapter III — Who Were the “Ancient Britons”?
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Religion of the Ancient Britons and Druidism
  6. 6The Gaelic Gods and Their Stories
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Gods Arrive
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Rise of the Sun-God
  9. 9Chapter VIII — The Gaelic Argonauts
  10. 10Chapter IX — The War With the Giants
  11. 11Chapter X — The Conquest of the Gods by Mortals
  12. 12Chapter XI — The Gods in Exile
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Irish Iliad
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Some Gaelic Love-Stories
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Finn and the Fenians
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Decline and Fall of the Gods
  17. 17The British Gods and Their Stories
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Adventures of the Gods of Hades
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The Wooing of Branwen and the Beheading of Brân
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The War of Enchantments
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Victories of Light Over Darkness
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The Mythological “Coming of Arthur”
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Treasures of Britain
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — The Gods as King Arthur’s Knights
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — The Decline and Fall of the Gods
  26. 26Survivals of the Celtic Paganism — Chapter XXV — Survivals of the C…
  27. 27Appendix

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