BEGINNING READING LIST FOR
CELTIC RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Bord, Janet and Colin. Earth Rites: Fertility Practices in Pre-Industerial Britain
London : Granada Publishing, 1983 ISBN 0586084525 $7.95 (Out-of Print)

Frazer, James Sir. The Golden Bough
New York : Viking Penguin, 1998 ISBN 0140189319 $12.95 pbk

Graves, Robert. The White Goddess: A Historical Grammer of Poetic Myth
New York : Noonday ; Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux, 1997 ISBN 061427334X $14.00 pbk

Green, Miranda. The Gods of the Celts (History Paperback Series)
London : Sutton Publishing, 1997 ISBN 0750915811 $19.95 pbk

* Matthews, Caitlin. The Elements of the Celtic Tradition (Elements of… Series)
Longmead, England : Element Books, 1997. ISBN 1862040281 $9.95 pbk.

*_____________. Mabon and the Mysteries of Britian:
Exploration of "The Mabinogion"
New York : Penguin, ISBN 041010333 $4. 90

Matthews, John. The Celtic Shaman: a Handbook
Longmead, England : Element, 1993 1852302453 $14.95 pbk.

Matthews, John and Caitlin. The Aquarian Guide to British and Irish Mythology

Paxson, Diana. The White Raven
New York : AvoNova ; Avon, 1989 [reprint edition mass market]
ISBN 0380752298 $4.99 pbk

*Rees, Alwyn and Brinley. Celtic Heritage : Anceint Tradition in Ireland & Wales
Thames Hudson, 1989 reprint edition ISBN 0500270392 $12.95 pbk.

*Rolleston, T. W. Celtic Myths and Legends
Dover, 1990 ISBN 0486265072 $9.95 pbk.

Rutherford, Ward. Celtic Lore: The History of the Druids & Their Timeless Tradtions
London : Aquarian Press ; San Franscico : Thoreson, 1993 ISBN 185538146 $15.00 pbk

*Squire, Charles. Celtic Myth and Legend (Mythology Library vol. 1)
Newcastle Pub., 1975 ISBN 0878770305 $12. 95 pbk

Stewart, R.J. Celtic Gods, Celtic Goddesses
London : Blandford, 1990 ISBN 0713721138 $14.95 pbk.

*Walton, Evangeline. The Mabinogian Quartet:
________________. Children of Llyr: The Third Branch of the Mabinogin
New York : Ballatine Books, 1978 ISBN 034527738- $1.95 (Out-of-Print)

________________. Islands of the Mighty: The Fourth Branch of the Mabinogin
Old Tappan, NJ: Macmillan , 1993 ISBN 0020264720 $10.00 trade pbk. (Out-of-Print)
New York : Ballantine, 1979 ISBN 0345279670 $1.95 pbk (Out-ofPrint)

________________. Prince of Annwn: The First Branch of the Mabinogin
Old Tappan, NJ : Macmillan, 1992 ISBN 0020264712 $8.95 pbk

________________. Song of Rhiannon : The Second Branch of the Mabinogion
Old Tappan, NJ : Macmillan, 1992 ISBN 0020264739 $9.00 Trade pbk. (Out-of-Print)
New York : Ballantine, 1979 ISBN 0345278011 $1.95 pbk (Out-of-Print)

* These books are probably the best beginning books for Celtic Studies and all are recommended by Coven Ashesh Hekat