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  1. Celtic mythology – also known as Gaelic and Gaulish mythology – is the collection of myths pertaining to ancient Celtic religion. Many of the most famous Celtic legends come from early Irish myths and include the gods of Ireland. However, in history, there were six Celtic nations whose mythologies are included in the broader Celtic mythos.
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    Celtic mythology is the collection of stories and folklore from various ancient Celtic cultures like the Irish, the Welsh, and the Gauls. Many of these myths were suppressed by Roman conquerors, with their first widespread recordings dating from the early medieval period.
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    Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples. Like other Iron Age Europeans, Celtic peoples followed a polytheistic religion, having many gods and goddesses.
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    Celtic mythology – also known as Gaelic and Gaulish mythology – is the collection of myths pertaining to ancient Celtic religion. Many of the most famous Celtic legends come from early Irish myths and include the gods of Ireland. However, in history, there were six Celtic nations whose mythologies are included in the broader Celtic mythos.
    They include: Lugh: Known as Lugus in ancient inscriptions, he was one of the most widely worshipped gods among the Celts. Little is known about his activities or his exact role in the mythology, but he is likely the Celtic god identified as ‘Mercury’ by Julius Caesar.
    Many of these myths were suppressed by Roman conquerors, with their first widespread recordings dating from the early medieval period. The Celtic gods and goddesses are a vast group of deities who were worshipped by the ancient Celtic tribes.
    Celtic myths were initially written down in the 11th century by Christian monks, with the oldest collection of myths being from the Mythological Cycle. As with most cultures from the period, the Celtic religion was polytheistic. As with most any polytheistic religion, the ancient Celts worshiped a lot of gods. We’re talking about 300, plus.
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    Celtic mythology is the body of myths belonging to the Celtic peoples. Like other Iron Age Europeans, Celtic peoples followed a polytheistic religion, having many gods and goddesses. The mythologies of continental Celtic peoples, such as the Gauls and Celtiberians, did not survive their conquest by the Roman Empire, … See more

    Though the Celtic world at its height covered much of western and central Europe, it was not politically unified nor was there any … See more

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    Important reflexes of British mythology appear in the Four Branches of the Mabinogi, especially in the names of several characters, such as Rhiannon, Teyrnon, … See more

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    As a result of the scarcity of surviving materials bearing written Gaulish, it is surmised that the most of the Celtic writings were destroyed by the Romans, though a written form of Gaulish using Greek, Latin and Old Italic alphabets was used (as evidenced … See more

    Irish mythology is the largest surviving branch of Celtic mythology. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era. Many myths were later written down in … See more

    The Celts also worshiped a number of deities of which little more is known than their names. Classical writers preserve a few fragments of legends or myths that may possibly be Celtic. See more

    • de Vries, Jan, Keltische Religion (1961).
    • Duval, Paul-Marie, Les Dieux de la Gaule, new ed. updated and enlarged (1976) See more

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    WEBUltimate Guide to Celtic Mythology. Celtic mythology is the collection of stories and folklore from various ancient Celtic cultures like the Irish, the Welsh, and the Gauls. Many of these myths were suppressed by Roman …

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    Celtic mythology is the rich and diverse collection of stories and folklore from ancient Celtic cultures like the Irish, Welsh, Gauls, and others.
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