Celtic mythology

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Celtic mythology refers to the polytheistic religious beliefs of the Celts. The Celts were an iron age people who inhabited the British Isles (including Ireland), Gaul, and the Iberian Peninsula. Celtic mythology varies greatly by region, though there are some things common throughout

[edit] Gaelic Mythology

Gaelic mythology is a term referring to the mythology of the gaelic speaking Celts, those being, for the most part, the Celts who inhabited Ireland and Scotland. The mythologies of Ireland and Scotland are often referred to as two seperate entities due to some differences (mostly caused by the assimilation of the Picts with the Celts of Scotland,) but the do share large portions of their mythology. Gaelic Mythology is usually divided into four "cycles:" The Mythological Cycle, Ulster Cycle, Fenian Cycle, and Cycle of the Kings.

The Mythological Cycle is in Irish mythology only; it describes various mythological conquests of Ireland, most notably, those by the Tuatha Dé Danann and Milesians. It comes mostly from a body of text known as the Lebor Gabála Érenn (translating literally as The Book of the Taking of Ireland, though usually known in English as The Book of Invasions.)