Celtic Mythology
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The Riders of the Sidhe
Painting · John Duncan
John Duncan's The Riders of the Sidhe (1911) is a central work of the Celtic Revival, the fairy host of Irish and Scottish myth riding in procession.Crosses Symbolism × Painting × Celtic Mythology, a
The Death of Cú Chulainn
Illustration (book illustration, early 20th century) · Stephen Reid (Scottish illustrator, 1904)
This illustration by Stephen Reid, published in 1904 in Eleanor Hull's The Boys' Cuchulain, depicts the death of Cú Chulainn at the Battle of Mag Muirthemne: the wounded hero strapped to a standing st
Cernunnos (Gundestrup Cauldron)
Silver vessel detail (Iron Age La Tène craftsmanship) · Anonymous (Thracian or Celtic silversmith, 2nd or 1st century BCE)
This detail from the Gundestrup Cauldron shows the horned god identified by archaeologists as Cernunnos: cross-legged, antlered, holding a torc in one hand and a ram-horned serpent in the other, surro
