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Celtic Mythical Creatures: The Complete Guide to the Beasts of Celtic Myth

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Celtic Mythical Creatures: The Complete Guide to the Beasts of Celtic Myth

The Fairies, Water-Horses and Monsters of the Celtic World

The complete guide to the creatures of Celtic mythology and folklore: the fairy folk and the sidhe, the water-horse kelpie, the banshee, the selkie, the pooka and the beasts of Irish, Scottish and Welsh tradition.

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What you will read

  • 11 chapters, primary sources
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  • Original ink illustrations
  • Irish, Scottish and Welsh tradition
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  1. 01The Most Haunted World in Europe
  2. 02The Tuatha De Danann and the Coming of the Fairies
  3. 03The Sidhe: The People of the Hollow Hills
  4. 04The Banshee and the Washer at the Ford
  5. 05The Kelpie and the Water-Horses
  6. 06The Selkie of the Northern Seas
  7. 07The Pooka and the Shape-Shifters
  8. 08Leprechauns and the Solitary Fairies
  9. 09Hounds, Hags and the Beasts of the Epics
  10. 10Living with the Good Folk: The Rules
  11. 11The Celtic Otherworld in the Modern Imagination

About this book

About this Mythical Creatures mythology guide

Fairy folk in the hollow hills, a water-horse that drowns its riders, a seal-woman who sheds her skin. This is the complete field guide to the creatures of the Celtic otherworld.

The Celtic world is the most haunted in Europe. Its myths and folklore swarm with beings that live just out of sight: the fairy folk of the hollow hills, beautiful and dangerous; the water-horse that lures riders to a drowning death; the seal-woman who sheds her skin to walk on land; the death-messenger who weeps before a passing; the shape-shifting pooka who can be helpful or cruel. In Ireland, Scotland and Wales these were not stories told for fun but a real geography of the unseen, with rules you crossed at your peril.

This is the complete guide to the creatures of Celtic myth and folklore, gathered in one volume. The Tuatha De Danann and the fairy sidhe; the banshee and the Washer at the Ford; the kelpie and the each-uisge of the lochs; the selkie of the northern isles; the pooka, the leprechaun and the solitary fairies; the monstrous hounds and the beasts of the old Irish epics; and the rules people kept to stay on the right side of them all.

The book is a complete field guide to the Celtic otherworld, drawing on the Irish and Welsh medieval texts and the folklore collections, and every chapter cites where it comes from.

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What you will discover inside

  • The Tuatha De Danann and the fairy sidhe of the hollow hills
  • The kelpie and the each-uisge, the deadly water-horses
  • The selkie, the seal-woman of the northern isles
  • The pooka, the shape-shifter who can help or harm
  • The banshee and the Washer at the Ford
  • The rules people kept to stay on the right side of the Good Folk

Mythical Creatures mythology book at a glance

TraditionMythical Creatures mythology
Chapters11 chapters
Length180 pages
SourcesDrawn from the primary sources, cited inline
Reading levelBeginner-friendly. Every name and place is explained from scratch
FormatPrint-quality PDF
DeliveryPDF within 24 hours

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About the author

Guillaume Henry, founder of Mythologis

Guillaume Henry

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Mythologis

Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every Mythologis book draws on the primary sources first, cross-references multiple translations, and avoids inventing details that aren't in the originals.

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Questions about the Mythical Creatures mythology book

When will I receive my PDF?

Within 24 hours of purchase. Your download link arrives in your inbox automatically.

Does this cover Irish, Scottish and Welsh creatures?

Yes. The book draws the whole Celtic world together, the sidhe and banshee of Ireland, the kelpie and selkie of Scotland, and the beasts of the Welsh tradition, so you can see the family resemblances across the Celtic lands.

Is this book based on primary sources?

Yes. It draws on the medieval Irish and Welsh texts, including the Mythological Cycle and the Mabinogion, and the folklore collections of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with references to the standard translations.

How long is the book?

Eleven chapters, around 180 pages depending on the final layout.

Will there be a paperback on Amazon?

The PDF is available immediately. A KDP paperback edition follows once the book has been validated by readers.

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