# The literature of the Celts

Author: Maclean, Magnus, 1857-1937

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76961

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+literature+of+the+Celts+Maclean&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Celts in primitive Europe—Advent in British Isles—Two branches—Observations of Cæsar and Tacitus—Main facts of Celtic progress on the Continent—A vast empire—Interview with Alexander the Great—Colony in Galatia—Cup of conquest full—Disintegration—The scattered remnants—Recent statistics—The ancient Celts as seen through Greek and Roman eyes—Literary awakening—Ogam writings—First men of letters—Earliest written Gaelic now extant—Modern linguistic discovery—The place of Celtic in the Aryan group 1

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Part II. is regarded as a fragment of the song that accompanied the old](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Part III. in 1801.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-the-celts-76961/chapters/2/index.md)