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- Celtic Good graces now here's a tough one. Celtic mythology has a vast array of myths and legends, each of which can be sourced to the Scottish and Irish. I won't include Welsh in the Celtic miasma as the Welsh have quite a deviation from the more common Celtic templates of legends but for the sake of ease of understanding I will include them in this section none the less. So, firstly the Scottish. Now the Scots have been fairly ardent in their recording of their myths and legends but only to a partial degree. Sadly many pre Christian texts have been destroyed or lost by the more zealous enforcers of their docterine thusly we do not have complete mythologies untouched by partial Christian influences which I find a great shame. None the less we shall endure. So firstly we shall look at not one but two books by the same author; The Celtic Dragon Myth (1911) and Popular Tales of the West Highlands (vol 1-4) (1890). Now these, these are something special. The chap in question, one J. F. Campbell made an incredible record of the slowly declining Scottish folklore during the 19th century. These two texts both suppliment each other in a number of ways with their discussions on folklore and ancient tales. Those who are of a more esoteric bent may find The Celtic Dragon especially interesting as it touches on potential Aryan roots with the tales reminiscent of certain Hindu connections, something I am informed of makes for an interesting read concerning the ancient Aryan migrations across Europe and North India, much like the symbol of the incarnations Swastika and so forth. Back onto the main topic however, the West Highlands mythology is an excellent read and definately worth your time, both are but if you only read one of these, go with that text in it's entirety. For the more heavy reader I would suggest History of the Highland (1857) (no PDF available) by James Browne. This is what I would truly consider to be one of the most important books concerning Scottish history and culture in existence. I actually came across it purely by chance in a visit to Aberdeen a couple of years ago and noticed it in a charity shop window. It's akin to an actual tome but I believe that is due to it being the combination of two previous releases by the same author. It details the clans, their locations within the highlands, examples of tartans, folklore associated with those clans, the service of those clans within the British military and honours recieved, clan traditions, maps and so much more. The real bastard is I am truly struggling to locate a bloody PDF of it. I did however find one of the older versions which was a four volume release which looks fairly complete, think it's missing a little here and there but it should provide *quite* a bit of reading. Around two thousand-ish pages I believe? It's quite an exhaustive text but one definitely worth preserving.