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The Gauls (Celts in France), & Gaulish Mythology?

Toten

Member
I was wondering if anyone knew any good sources/books that delve specifically into the religion of the ancient Gauls and Britons. We all know about Cernunnos, but it's hard to find a lot of info on their religion aside from wikipedia. I've read "The Religion of the Ancient Celts" by JA MacCulloch which explains it a bit, but I was wondering if there were any good books out there which explore it in detail?
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The Emperor of Mankind

Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
I was wondering if anyone knew any good sources/books that delve specifically into the religion of the ancient Gauls and Britons. We all know about Cernunnos, but it's hard to find a lot of info on their religion aside from wikipedia. I've read "The Religion of the Ancient Celts" by JA MacCulloch which explains it a bit, but I was wondering if there were any good books out there which explore it in detail?
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One of the best I have read is The Gods of the Celts by Miranda Green. It touches on some of the rarer aspects of Celtic religion (or what we think it was like) such as head-hunting.
 

GoodbyeDave

Well-Known Member
Here's a good book list (and the rest of the site is pretty useful too)
http://www.paganachd.com/faq/readinglist.html
Note their warning about Miranda Green.

Outside the British Isles, we don't have all that much. Gaul was converted earlier, or native religion repressed more, because it was more Romanised, so we don't have the myths being recorded in the way that they were in Wales and Ireland. Celtic practice was also very local: they didn't have the written literature circulating as in Greece, where cults tended to spread.
 

Toten

Member
Here's a good book list (and the rest of the site is pretty useful too)
http://www.paganachd.com/faq/readinglist.html
Note their warning about Miranda Green.

Outside the British Isles, we don't have all that much. Gaul was converted earlier, or native religion repressed more, because it was more Romanised, so we don't have the myths being recorded in the way that they were in Wales and Ireland. Celtic practice was also very local: they didn't have the written literature circulating as in Greece, where cults tended to spread.

Yeah, I learned a bit about all that in reading about ancient Celtic history. The Celtic religion survived for a long time, but with a bit more Roman influence and it definitely became more suppressed.
After reading about lists of Gaulish deities, it seems as though a majority of them were local, and only worshiped by a specific tribe or village. But still interesting nonetheless.
 
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