Names: Williams, M. A. (Mark Andrew), 1980 , author.
Title: Irelands immortals : a history of the gods of Irish myth / Mark Williams.
Description: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015045004 | ISBN 9780691157313 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: | LCSH: Mythology, CelticIreland. | IrelandReligionHistory.
Classification: LCC BL980.I7 W54 2016 | DDC 299/.16113dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2015045004
Printed on acid-free paper.
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THIS BOOK IS the story of a nations fantasy, and of the crossing-places where imagination meets belief. Its purpose is to trace the evolution of the divinities of Irish mythologymost frequently known as the