Jessica Galbreth-Enchanted Art-The Green Man Celtic Mythology is another general all-encompasing term that actually covers many different areas. Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the religion of the Iron Age Celts. Most of what we consider Celitc Mythology today, came after the Vikings left Ireland, but the origins of Celtic Mythology are far older than that. Many Celtic Myths of today are from the areas of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, and France. As you read through this area of the website and the other mythologies, you will notice that many gods and godddesses and their attributes overlap and contribute to one another. Celtic Mythology has its roots based in ancient religion and you will see that impact throughout this website.

Though the Celtic world at its greatest extent covered much of western and central Europe, it was not politically unified nor was there any substantial central source of cultural influence or homogeneity; as a result, there was a great deal of variation in local practices of Celtic religion (although certain motifs—for example, the god Lugh—appear to have diffused throughout the Celtic world). Inscriptions to more than three hundred deities, often equated with their Roman counterparts, have survived, but of these most appear to have been genii locorum, local or tribal gods, and few were widely worshipped. However, from what has survived of Celtic mythology, it is possible to discern commonalities which hint at a more unified pantheon than is often given credit. The nature and functions of these ancient gods can be deduced from their names, the location of their inscriptions, their iconography, the Roman gods they are equated with, and similar figures from later bodies of Celtic mythology.

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