Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs (Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Celtic Mythology)

- Quote: <i> The well-being of the realm was directly linked to the quality of the king. </i> - Thoughts: This is a simplified and broadly encompassing research about the theme. It does not, nor does it intent to, tell the tales and sagas of the celt heroes and gods, it does instead tell you where to look for then and explain some of what you can look up for. it's a great starting place. ▶◀ These are my personal opinions, you may discord, my final rating of the book is not necessarily linked to this system and may diverge from it. <u>Real life research</u> - Development: 4/5 stars - Research: 5/5 stars - Enjoyment: 4/5 stars - Writing stile: 4/5 stars - Translations: 5/5 stars - Violence level: Old religions had human sacrifice - Tech level: starting before the piramids of egipt until Christendom - Religion level: real life Druidism and Celtic beliefs - Main genre: Research - Subgenre: Religion, Lore - Best of it: It covers a broad array of things, it's also fast to read - Worst of it: It doesn't really goes deep into anything - Aftertaste: Thinking of those ugly Irish Uilleann pipes <u>World</u> - Real world (Y/N): ✓ - Main scenario: Ireland <u>Setting</u> - Historical importance: 4/5 Stars - Historical deep: 5/5 Stars - Historical score: 4/5 Stars - Geopolitical importance: 2/5 Stars - Geopolitical variety: 1/5 Stars - Geopolitical score: 2/5 Stars - Setting overall score: 3/5 Stars - About the setting: Scottish

"Celtic Mythology" is a vivid and descriptive general guide to understand Celtic Mythology and the historical dating centered on its written accounts. It appears that most historical accounts were written by the Christian monks and Christian erudites in fear that Roman invasion of Britain would result in the disappearance or gross perversion of Celtic mythology and customs. It is no secret that many, if not all, Celtic, Indo-Iranian and Indo-European female goddesses were robbed of their ancient divine arraignment of splendour, valour, strength, beauty, knowledge and sexual dominance to be "romanized" and "christianized", redressed as Saints with garments of 'chastity', 'meekness', 'gentleness', and 'dutifulness' or even worse, were demonized as 'mentally unstable', such as Maeve. The only overtly obvious and readily apparent flaw in this Celtic Mythology "Hourly History" book, is that the writer failed to explain that the historical accounts preserved by Gaius Julius Caesar were written in favor of the Roman Republic, depicting the ancient Britain natives and their educated teachers and Druids as 'barbarous', 'simple' and 'ritually practicing human sacrifice'. One must remember that Gaius coveted this land, Britain, and this simplistic and brutal account of its inhabitants was to his favor ALONE. We have none of the surviving actual accounts of their natives, and I advise the reader of this brief "Hourly History" account "Celtic Mythology", to weigh justly the ancient sources of information as well as the intent and purpose in which Gaius intended them to serve. In so doing, shatter these paradigms constructed in heavy iron with tools of tyranny, greed, supremacy, injustice and hate, which are kept withstanding and noncorroding since the Roman invasion of Britain by their damned. In closing, this kindle book is lively, descriptive and thoroughly well written, taking into account the limited sources of information, which are mainstream and general historical Roman accounts. The truth is deeper, however, and often it is not readily and easily available to the general public outside of thorough and extensive investigative scholarly research. My only suggestion is including the interpretation of a few modern Celtic scholars pertaining their own researched history and mythology, as opposed to just Roman literature sources, whether ancient or modern. Photographs for the Review of "Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs", from left to right: Left: Photograph of a print of the lands of the "Mabinogion" taken at 'The Green Man' store during a public event. Right: Attired in honor of the pre-Christian goddess Brigit, as a visitor in a teacher-student Celtic meet-up during the month of August (August 26, 2017).

I love learning about Mythology and this book was informative, short, and to the point. I will be reading many more of these in the future.

Despite its brevity, I immersed myself with a wealth of history and insights about the Celts. I learned so much about their gods, myths, and cultural beliefs that I previously knew little about. But I did find myself confused at times, particularly regarding the relationships between different Celtic tribes and how they interrelate. The book would greatly benefit from including tables or graphics to clarify these connections. Additionally, a graphical timeline would have helped me visualize the historical context and progression of events.

Really enjoyed this bok! I can read lots of diferent culture Mythology.It all was about the gods and goddesses and actually a quick read.Great! It had me hooked within a couple pages and I didn't put it down till I was finished.

Thank you for the brief history lesson. Every story has an awesome lesson to teach us about our past. Keep writing please.

Admittedly I would not know how to even begin covering such ancient history. And this is a country through which part of my ancestry passes through. That said, it is an interesting trip to take, learning of some things I knew nothing about. Watching movies like "Braveheart" is about the extent of my knowledge, along with brief studies on World history in college. I read some of the other reviews and it always strikes me how some try to make themselves out as experts and completely miss the boat on what "Hourly History" means. If I were to make a suggestion, however, it might be to take more time delving into explaining some of the background more. Even though this is an Hourly History piece, I would not mind taking a little more time on a book like this, even maybe doubling its length. The same accomplishment could be had as most books written in short form.

A very well written, eloquent, comprehensive book! A quick read, I read it in less than a day. I greatly appreciate all the references to additional resources, historical references, and stories. Concise indeed!!!

Good!

Hat mir gut gefallen. Es ist gut geschrieben, so dass das Lesen Spass macht. Würde es auf jeden Fall weiter empfehlen.

Great

Worth the read

Livro maravilhoso de introdução, cheio de referências e explica de forma simples e fácil cada ponto!! Muito obrigado pelo empenho!