Re: Help

[Sallie Montuori <foxdale@wolfstar.com>]

Poster: Sallie Montuori <foxdale@wolfstar.com>

>     I'm a new mwmber to the Merry Rose and I need some help.  I have
> been trying to find a book about Celtic Mythology.  My problem is that
> all of the books that I've found so far read like a very boring textbook
> and assume that you have a basic foundation of knowledge about the
> characters in the stories.  Often two or three names are given for a
> character because that's how he/she is refered to in other stories.
> This becomes very confusing when you don't any idea who these people
> are.  I would really, really, really, really appreaciate it if someone
> could direct me to a book that tells the stories of Celtic Mythology
> like the Greek mythology books we all read in high school.  I need
> something that will give me a base knowledge before it tells me about
> all of the different names and relations these characters have.
> 
> Thank you, thank you, thank you,
> Brighid Ni Chillin

Have you tried cruising through the juvenile section instead of the
adult section?  The offerings there are less scholarly, and less
likely to assume you already know stuff.  Then once you've got a
handle on the major characters and themes, you can go back to the
definitive tomes.

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