[ Homepage ] [ Index ] [ Books ] [ Records ] [ Celtic Art ] [ Our Shops ] [ Mailing List ] [ Order ] The Celtic Legend of the Beyond Collected by Anatole Le Braz, 14,48 € I order this book - depending on stocks | My order This unusual and fascinating book includes stories of premonitions, omens, magic books, strange rites, wakes, ghosts and exorcisms. Many of the stories are based on events which took place, including personal experiences. Other stories are second hand or further removed, and the storytellers have given them archaic and legendary quality. Many of the beliefs and customs described in this book once existed in identical or analogous form in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall and the Isle of Man, but the Celtic cult of the dead survived into modern times in its most complete form in Armorican Brittany. Anatole Le Braz assembled a vast collection of material on the subject into a logical and coherent whole entitled 'La Legende de la Mort...' In making an abridged translation, Dr. Bryce has avoided much of the repetition that occurred in the original work. The cover design shows St Herve, with his wolf and Guiharan guide. The chapel of St Hervé on the menez Bré or High Mountain used to be the scene of a special rite for the dead, called the 'ofern drantel'. [ Homepage ] [ Index ] [ Books ] [ Records ] [ Celtic Art ] [ Our Shops ] [ Mailing List ] [ Order ]