Developed from an early oral storytelling tradition dating back to the dawnof European culture, this is one of the oldest and most vibrant of Europe'smythologies. From all six Celtic cultures - Irish, Scots, Welsh, Cornish,Manx and Breton - Peter Berresford Ellishas included popular myths andlegends, as well as bringing to light exciting new tales which have beenlying in manuscript form, untranslated and unknown to the modern generalreader. The author brings not only his extensive knowledge of sourcematerial but also his acclaimed skills of storytelling to produce anoriginal, enthralling and definitive collection of Celtic myths and legends- tales of gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, magical weapons,fabulous beasts, and entities from the ancient Celtic world.