Sources for Celtic History and Paganism!
So today I was reading Ancient Fire: An Introduction to Gaulish Celtic Polytheism by Segomâros Widugeni when it struck me just how many of the sources were the type of thing that wouldn't necessarily come up on a regular search, particularly some out-of-print books, a lot of which are actually available on the Internet Archive! I took some time to take note of each listed source, and tried to see if I could find the right place to request them from (in the case of a handful of articles and theses), find PDF links where they did already exist, basically whatever I could! Some books are available to buy, most secondhand, and while most are available on Amazon, I won't be linking those here. I'd encourage anyone shopping to consider an alternative option if they can! Now, I haven't read through all of these, but the moment I found at least one of them seems to be impossible to find, I was reminded of the dangers of dying media. So I wanted to put these together so anyone could use them. Not every resource listed is in English. Anyway, on to the list~
Cernunnos: Looking a Different Way
By Ceisiwr Serith
https://ceisiwrserith.com/therest/Cernunnos/cernunnospaper.htm
Cernunnos Origin and Transformation of A Celtic Divinity
By Phyllis Fray Bober
https://www.scribd.com/document/460345187/cernunnos-origin-and-transformation-of-a-celtic-divinity-phyllis-fray-bober
Basic Celtic Deity Types
by Alexei Kondratiev
https://naomh-na-tursan.livejournal.com/5752.html
Deep Ancestors: Practicing the Religion of the Proto-Indo-Europeans
Book by Ceisiwr Serith
https://www.scribd.com/document/362472999/Deep-Ancestors-Practicing-the-Religion-of-the-Proto-Indo-Europeans
The Gods of the Celts and the Indo-Europeans
Book by Garrett S. Olmsted
https://www.academia.edu/38135817/The_Gods_of_the_Celts_and_the_Indo_Europeans_revised_2019_
Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
Book by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/dictionary-of-celtic-myth-and-legend_miranda-aldhouse-green/543335/#edition=5215209&idiq=16154030
The Book of The Great Queen: The Many Faces of the Morrigan from Ancient Legends to Modern Devotions
Book by Morpheus Ravenna Further
to tongu do dia toinges mo thuath [“Mi a dyngaf dynged it”], &c.
By John Koch
https://www.academia.edu/7242277/Further_to_tongu_do_dia_toinges_mo_thuath_Mi_a_dyngaf_dynged_it_and_c
Goddesses in Celtic Religion Cult and Mythology: A Comparative Study of Ancient Ireland, Britain and Gaul
By Noémie Beck
http://theses.univ-lyon2.fr/documents/lyon2/2009/beck_n#p=0&a=title
The Integration of Mercury and Lugus: Myth and History in Late Iron Age and Early Roman Gaul
By Krista Ovist
https://archives.library.wales/index.php/integration-of-mercury-and-lugus
Lady with a Mead Cup: Ritual, Prophecy, and Lordship in the European Warband from La Tène to the Viking Age
Book by Michael J. Enright
How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics
Book by Calvert Watkins
https://ia801404.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/7/items/twain-mark-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court/1-ptry.zip&file=How%20to%20Kill%20a%20Dragon%20-%20Aspects%20of%20Indo%20European%20Poetics.pdf
The Celtic Gauls: Gods, Rites and Sanctuaries
Book by Jean-Louis Brunaux
The Apple Branch: A Path to Celtic Ritual
Book by Alexei Kondratiev
https://archive.org/details/applebranchpatht0000kond
Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Book by James Mackillop
https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcelt0000mack
The female deities of the Celtic religion: worship and mythology: a comparative study of ancient Ireland, Great Britain and Gaul
By Noémie Beck
https://theses.fr/2009LYO20084
Celtic Curses
Book by Bernard Mees
https://www.academia.edu/1012094/Celtic_Curses_Woodbridge_Boydell_2009
Guide to Irish Mythology
Book by Daragh Smyth
https://archive.org/details/guidetoirishmyth00smyt
The Sacred Isle
Book by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
https://archive.org/details/sacredislebelief0000ohog
The Matronae and Matres: Breathing New Life into an Old Religion
By River Devora
http://polytheist.com/the-web-of-blessings/2015/08/12/the-matronae-and-matres-breathing-new-life-into-an-old-religion/
Interpretatio Romana and Matronae Iconography
By River Devora
http://polytheist.com/the-web-of-blessings/2015/08/31/interpretatio-romana-and-matronae-iconography/#:~:text=The%20overlay%20of%20interpretatio%20Romana,and%20plaques%20and%20glean%20valuable
Celtic chiefdom, Celtic state: the evolution of complex social systems in prehistoric Europe
By Arnold, Bettina and Gibson, D. Blair
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/3086499
*butacos, *wossos, *geistlos, *ambactos. Celtic Socioeconomic Organisation in the European Iron Age. Studia Celtica 40, 2006: 23-41
By Raimund Karl
https://www.academia.edu/245239/_butacos_wossos_geistlos_ambactos_Celtic_Socioeconomic_Organisation_in_the_European_Iron_Age_Studia_Celtica_40_2006_23_41
The Ancient Celts
Book by Barry Cunliffe
https://archive.org/details/ancientcelts00cunl_0
Sengoidelc: Old Irish for Beginners
Book by David Stifter
https://archive.org/details/sengoidelcoldiri0000stif
Greek Kελτóς and Γαλάτης, Latin Gallus ‘Gaul’
By Kim McCone
https://spr.harrassowitz-library.com/article/spr/2006/1/6
Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales
Book by Alwyn and Brinley Rees
https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.36494
Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism
By Erynn Rowan Laurie, Kathryn Price NicDhàna, Aedh Rua Ó Mórríghan, Kym Lambert ní Dhoireann and John Machate, ed. by Erynn Rowan Laurie
https://web.archive.org/web/20080418025755/http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=trads&id=6645
Which witch is which? : a concise guide to Wiccan and Neo-Pagan paths and traditions
Book Compiled and Edited by Patricia Telesco
Sources for the Three Realms
By Annie Loughlin - original source link is dead, need help to locate!
Dictionnaire de la Langue Gauloise
Book by Xavier Delmarre
https://archive.org/details/dictionnairedelal00dela (referred to as “Essential for Gaulish Language study)
The Settling of the Manor of Tara
By R.I. Best
https://www.ucd.ie/tlh/trans/rib.eriu.4.001.t.text.html
The court of law in Iron Age ‚Celtic’ societies. In R. Karl & J. Leskovar (eds.), Interpretierte Eisenzeiten 3. Fallstudien, Methoden, Theorie. Tagungsbeiträge der 3. Linzer Gespräche zur interpretativen Eisenzeitarchäologie. Studien zur Kulturgeschichte von Oberösterreich Folge 22, Linz: Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum 2009: 135-60.
By Raimund Karl
https://www.academia.edu/245221/The_court_of_law_in_Iron_Age_Celtic_societies_In_R_Karl_and_J_Leskovar_eds_Interpretierte_Eisenzeiten_3_Fallstudien_Methoden_Theorie_Tagungsbeitr%C3%A4ge_der_3_Linzer_Gespr%C3%A4che_zur_interpretativen_Eisenzeitarch%C3%A4ologie_Studien_zur_Kulturgeschichte_von_Ober%C3%B6sterreich_Folge_22_Linz_Ober%C3%B6sterreichisches_Landesmuseum_2009_135_60
Matasović Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic
By Ranko Matasović
https://archive.org/details/matasovic-etymological-dictionary-of-proto-celtic
Hammer of the Gods: Anglo-Saxon Paganism in Modern Times Second Edition
Book by Swain Wodening
https://archive.org/details/hammerofgodsangl0000swai
Various Works by Christopher Scott Thompson - recommended re: honor in Gaulish society
https://cateransociety.wordpress.com/books/
A Handbook of the Scottish Gaelic World
Book by Michael Newton and Michael Steven Newton
Celtic Values
By Alexei Kondratiev
http://dagdacelt.freehostia.com/values.html
European paganism : the realities of cult from antiquity to the Middle Ages
By Ken Dowden
https://archive.org/details/europeanpaganism0000dowd
A Definitive Reconstructed Text of the Coligny Calendar
By Garrett Olmsted
https://www.academia.edu/62011364/A_Definitive_Reconstructed_Text_of_the_Coligny_Calendar
New Calendar of Gaulish Polytheism
By Jess via Nemeton Nigromanitcos
https://thebloodybones.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/new-calendar-of-gaulish-polytheism/#more-265
Calendar of Feast-Days of Deities
Via the blog Deo Mercutio
https://deomercurio.wordpress.com/calendar-of-feast-days-of-deities/
Altkeltische Sozialstrukturen
By Raimund Karl
https://homepage.univie.ac.at/Raimund.Karl/Sozialstrukturen.pdf
La Langue Gauloise
Book by Pierre-Yves Lambert
https://www.scribd.com/document/782869557/Lambert-1994-La-langue-gauloise-description-linguistique-commentaire-d-inscriptions-choisies
Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology & Practice
Book by Bruce Lincoln
The Gods of the Celts
Book by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
https://archive.org/details/godsofceltsar00mira
War Goddess The Morrigan And Her Germano Celtic Counterparts
Book by Angelique Gulermovich Epstein
https://archive.org/details/WarGoddessTheMorriganAndHerGermanoCelticCounterparts
Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby
- Database of “almost all inscriptions ever recorded”
https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/hinweise/hinweis-en.html
A website on Gallo-Roman religion:
http://www.deomercurio.be/en/
A scholarly website with information on Epona:
https://epona.net/
