RELIGIONS: ANCIENT AND MODERN - Celtic Religion - In Pre-Christian Times

Oct 13, 2026

“Celtic Religion - In Pre-Christian Times” presents a modern viewpoint on Celtic religion based on advances in prehistoric archaeology. The author explains that growing archaeological evidence makes new interpretation possible and invites fresh scholarly and public interest in the religion of the Celts. The foreword also acknowledges reliance on earlier writers while highlighting the author’s own research in selected parts of the subject.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

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Pages88

Reading Time2 h 16 min

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Foreword

Interpretive basis in prehistoric archaeology

Acknowledgements and research emphasis

Hope to arouse new interest

BLClass No…900Book No.An9 Library of the c.I. Meadville Theological School Robert Collyer Fund Accession No.…………28482…… https://archive.org/details/religinsancientm0000unse # RELIGIONs AnCIENT AND MoDERN CELTIC RELIGION # RELIGIONS:ANCIENT AND MODERN. Foolscap 8vo.Price Is.net per volume. ANIMISM. By EDWARD CLODD,Author of The Story of Creation.PANTHEISM. By JAMES ALLANSON PIcTON,Author of The Religion of theUniverse. # THE RELIGIONS OFANCIENT CHINA. By Professor GILES,LL.D.,Professor of Chinese in the Universityof Cambridge. # THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT GREECE. By JANE HARRISON,Lecturer at Newnham College,Cambridge,Author of Prolegomena to Study of Greek Religion.ISLAM. By Professor T.W.ARNOLD,Assistant Librarian at the IndiaOffice,Author of The Preaching of Islam.MAGIC AND FETISHISM. By Dr.A.C.HADDON,F.R.S.Lecturer on Ethnology at Cam-bridge University. THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT EGYPT.By Professor W.M.FLINDERS PETRIE,F.R.S.THE RELIGION OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA.By THEOPHILUS G.PINCHES,late of the British Museum.BUDDHISM.2 vols. By Professor RHYS DAVIDS,LL.D.,late Secretary of The RoyalAsiatic Society.HINDUISM. By Dr.L.D.BARNETT,of the Departmert of Oriental PrintedBooks and MSS.,British Museum.SCANDINAVIAN RELIGION. By WILLIAM A.CRAIGIE,Joint Editor of the Oxford EnglishDictionary. CELTIC RELIGION. By Professor ANWYL,Professor of Welsh at University College,Aberystwyth. THE MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.By CHARLES SQUIRE,Author of The Mythology of the BritishIslands.JUDAISM. By ISRAEL ABRAHAMS,Lecturer in Talmudic Literature in Cam-bridge University,Author of Jewish Life in the Middle Ages.PRIMITIVE OR NICENE CHRISTIANITY. By JOHN SUTHERLAND BLACK,LL.D.,Joint Editor of theEncyclopcedia Biblica.SHINTOISM.MEDIAEVAL CHRISTIANITY. ZOROASTRIANISM.THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ITALY.Other Volumes to follow. CELTIC RELIGION # IN PRE-CHRISTIAN TIMES By EDWARD ANWYL,M.A. LATE CLASSICAL SCHOLAR OF ORIEL COLLEGE,OXFORDPROFESSOR OF WELSH AND cOMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY ATTHE UNIVERSITY cOLLEGE OF WALES,ABERYSTWYTHACTING-CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL WELSH BOARDFOR INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION LONDONARCHIBALD CONSTABLE CO LTD # 16 JAMES STREET HAYMARKET 1906 A # FOREWORD It is only as prehistoric archeæology has come tothrow more and more light on the early civilisa-tions of Celtic lands that it has become possible tointerpret Celtic religion from a thoroughly modernviewpoint.The author cordially acknowledgeshis indebtedness to numerous writers on this sub-ject,but his researches into some portions of thefield especially have suggested to him the possi-bility of giving a new presentation to certain factsand groups of facts,which the existing evidencedisclosed.It is to be hoped that a new interest inthe religion of the Celts may thereby be aroused. E.ANWYL. ABERYSTWYTH,February 15,1906.

FAQs

What viewpoint does the author use to interpret Celtic religion?

The author interprets Celtic religion from a thoroughly modern viewpoint enabled by recent archaeological findings.

Why does the foreword say this interpretation has become possible?

Because prehistoric archaeology has begun to throw more and more light on early civilizations in Celtic lands.

How does the author relate his research to existing scholarship?

He acknowledges indebtedness to numerous writers and also notes that his own research suggested a new presentation of certain facts and groups of facts.

Oct 13, 2026

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