Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Table of Contents XIII
4. Book I. From Knights of The Round Table to Irish Gods
5. I . An Italian Sculpture and a Breton Tale 1
6. II. The Rape of The Flower Maiden 12
7. III. Celtic Story-Channels and Story-Ways 24
8. IV. Irish Gods Op Sun and Storm 39
9. Book Two. The Young God and The Old
10. V. Curoi, Gwri, and Gawain 55
11. VI. Yellow Son of Fair 68
12. VII. Moulds for Myths 75
13. VIII. Gareth and Lynete 84
14. IX. Lug, Lancelot, and Lot 90
15. X. Disenchantment by Decapitation 98
16. XI. The Porter of The Other World 105
17. XII. The Mule without a Bridle 110
18. XIII. The Giant Herdsman 118
19. XIV. Merlin The Shapeshifter 124
20. Book Three. The Cult of The Grail
21. XV. The Ancestors of Galaad 139
22. XVI. The Grail Heroes 151
23. Chapter XVII. The Grail Castle 158
24. XVIII. Fisher King and Maimed King 177
25. XIX. Evalach, Avalon, and Morgan Le Fay 188
26. XX. Kair Belli and Kaer Sidi 197
27. XXI. Sone De Nansai 206
28. XXII. The Siege Perilous 215
29. XXIII. The Grail and The Testing Horn 227
30. XXIV. The Treasures of The Tuatha DE 237
31. XXV. Balaain and Galaad 250
32. XXVI. The Mysteries of The Grail 260
33. Book Four. Brides of The Sun
34. XXVII. The Grail Damsels 273
35. XXVIII. The Goddesses of Samothrace 285
36. XXIX. The Hag Transformed 296
37. XXX. Proserpine and Febus 302
38. Book Five. From Irish and Welsh Gods to a British Chieftain
39. XXXI. Knights of The Swan 311
40. XXXII. The Captive God 320
41. XXXIII. The Kinship of Gawain, Pope, Gregory and Mordred 331
42. XXXIV. The Gods and Geoffrey of Monmouth 344
43. XXXV. Arthur Mab Uter 350
44. Charts 356
45. List of Welch Names 359
46. List of Abbreviations 360
47. Index of Names 361