Dictionary of Celtic Mythology - Hardcover

Peter Berresford Ellis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874366097 ISBN 13: 9780874366099

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 1992

Synopsis

A fascinating and accessible guide to the gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, magical weapons, fabulous beasts, and otherworld entities of Celtic Mythology.

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Review:

"A very good introduction....Entries are thorough and well written. An excellent selected bibliography rounds out this interesting reference."--Booklist
"Makes available in convenient form copious information about [this] rich tradition."--Wilson Library Bulletin
"Accessible....Especially useful to students unfamiliar with the subject....Its easy-to-use format and readable text will make it a welcome resource for students as well as for fans of epics and romances."--School Library Journal
"Just what I was looking for to accompany required texts--it helps the student organize the unfamiliar....An excellent text for Celtic studies. It helps make sense of the seeming chaos of unfamiliar material."--Jan Anderson, Clackamas Community College
"A very good introduction....Entries are thorough and well written. An excellent selected bibliography rounds out this interesting reference."--Booklist
"Makes available in convenient form copious information about [this] rich tradition."--Wilson Library Bulletin
"Accessible....Especially useful to students unfamiliar with the subject....Its easy-to-use format and readable text will make it a welcome resource for students as well as for fans of epics and romances."--School Library Journal
"Just what I was looking for to accompany required texts--it helps the student organize the unfamiliar....An excellent text for Celtic studies. It helps make sense of the seeming chaos of unfamiliar material."--Jan Anderson, Clackamas Community College
"A very good introduction....Entries are thorough and well written. An excellent selected bibliography rounds out this interesting reference."--Booklist
"Makes available in convenient form copious information about [this] rich tradition."--Wilson Library Bulletin
"Accessible....Especially useful to students unfamiliar with the subject....Its easy-to-use format and readable text will make it a welcome resource for students as well as for fans of epics and romances."--School Library Journal
"Just what I was looking for to accompany required texts--it helps the student organize the unfamiliar....An excellent text for Celtic studies. It helps make sense of the seeming chaos of unfamiliar material."--Jan Anderson, Clackamas Community College
"A very good introduction....Entries are thorough and well written. An excellent selected bibliography rounds out this interesting reference."--Booklist

"Makes available in convenient form copious information about [this] rich tradition."--Wilson Library Bulletin

"Accessible....Especially useful to students unfamiliar with the subject....Its easy-to-use format and readable text will make it a welcome resource for students as well as for fans of epics and romances."--School Library Journal

"Just what I was looking for to accompany required texts--it helps the student organize the unfamiliar....An excellent text for Celtic studies. It helps make sense of the seeming chaos of unfamiliar material."--Jan Anderson, Clackamas Community College

From the Back Cover:

An easy-to-read handbook, the Dictionary of Celtic Mythology presents a fascinating window to centuries of rich oral and written tradition from the mists of Europe's origins.

About this edition

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0874366097
• ISBN 13: 9780874366099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1