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The Celts: Rich Traditions and Ancient Myths is a 1987 documentary series that examines the origins, growth, and influence of Celtic culture in Great Britain and throughout Europe. The series was directed by David Richardson, written and presented by Frank Delaney, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcast on BBC2.
Pages in category "Films based on Celtic mythology" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This myth is akin to the popular myth of the Mayans and deals with female power in the "creation and the cycle of the year". However, Donald Mackenzie in his book Scottish Wonder Tales from Myth and Legend states that the goddesses of the Scottish myths are not glorified, very much unlike the goddesses of ancient Greece. [3]
The baobhan sith (literally "fairy witch" or "fairy hag" in Scottish Gaelic) is a female fairy in the folklore of the Scottish Highlands, though they also share certain characteristics in common with the succubus. [1] They appear as beautiful women who seduce their victims before attacking them and killing them. [1]
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The etymology of the Scots word kelpie is uncertain, but it may be derived from the Gaelic calpa or cailpeach, meaning "heifer" or "colt".The first recorded use of the term to describe a mythological creature, then spelled kaelpie, appears in the manuscript of an ode by William Collins, composed some time before 1759 [2] and reproduced in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh of ...
Indian Myth and Legend (1912) Teutonic Myth and Legend (1912, 2nd Ed. 1934) Donald Alexander, Mackenzie (1913). Indian myth and legend. Gresham, London. Egyptian Myth and Legend (1913) Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria (1915); online editions: gutenberg.org, sacred-texts.com, wisdomlib.org; Indian Fairy Stories (1915) Brave deeds of ...