Of course, the obligatory links:
Virtual Libraries | Digital Manuscripts
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Virtual Libraries:
- Celtic
- The
Camelot Project: An unbelieveable resource for
Middle English Arthurian texts.
- Carmina
Gadelica: This contains the first two volume of the
Carmina Gadelica, a landmark collection of
prayer-spells from Scotland, many of which are a
barely-Christianized version of earlier beliefs.
- CELT: The Corpus of
Electronic Texts: Where you can find all sorts of
Irish texts--annals, epics, and so on. Some are
translated, others are not.
- The
Celtic Christianity e-Library: containing several
texts, such as the imramma and saints' lives.
- Celtic Twilight:
Here you can find Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of
the Kings of Britain, Gildas' De Excido, and
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in Middle English.
- Cornish
Language Texts: The most complete collection of
classical Cornish texts on the web.
- Corpus
of Gaulish Inscriptions
- Corpus of
Ogham Inscriptions
- Corpus
of Old Welsh Texts
- Dan
Direach: Translations of medieval Irish poetry.
- The
Donegal Fairy Tales: Jeremiah Curtain's classic of
Irish fairy tales.
- Historical
Corpus of the Welsh Language 1500-1850: at Cambridge
University.
- The
Manx Notebook: A great collection of full texts on
Manx folklore.
- Nemeton: A
wonderful, growing collection of medieval Welsh
literature. As a bonus, it uses a self-made font that
imitates J.G. Evans' typeface for the diplomatic Hergest
texts.
- Ogmios
Press: a collection of reprints and facsimilies of
early texts, such as the Book of Aneurin, saints' lives,
and early Scottish poetry.
- Oisín i
dTír na nÓg: A cute retelling of Oisin in the Land
of Youth with pictures by children, in Irish, English, and
French.
- Roman
Inscriptions in Britain: a fantastic site, utilizing
the out-of-print book of the same name. An important
resource.
- Sengoídelc:
Dennis King's collection of Old and Middle Irish
quotations--a very interesting site.
- Tech
Sceptra: Erik Stohellou's largely French site, with
several Irish texts translated into English with notes by
both the original translator and Stohellou.
- Thesaurus
Linguae Hibernicae: University College of Dublin's
site, featuring editions and translations of many medieval
Irish texts; very similar to CELT.
- Trecheng
Breth Féne: The Triads of Ireland: a collection of
triads from Irish manuscripts, made by Kuno Meyer in 1906.
- The
Ulster Cycle The most complete collection I've yet
to find. I do a lot of linking to this site.
- Iolo Morganwg
- Norse
- Classical
- Medieval
- General
- Music
- Digital Manuscripts:
- Collections:
- Individual Manuscripts:
Resources:
Publishers
- Bardic Press: A
new publishing company devoted to reprinting medieval texts.
Soon to release a major work on the Mabinogi.
- Chló Mhaigh Eo:
publishers of comic books in Irish, on Irish lore, such as
the Tain
- Four Courts
Press: Ireland's leading academic publisher.
- Llanerch Press:
A publishing company devoted to reissuing various Celtic
books.
- University of Wales Press:
one of the leading academic publishers on Celtic subjects.
Similar Sites:
- Bedd
Taliesin: on the grave of Taliesin, Chief Bard of
Britain.
- Caer Australis:
studying Celtic spirituality and the Celtic calendar with a
southern hemisphere emphasis.
- The Castles
of Wales: A nice overview of different castles in
Wales and their histories.
- The Celtic Art of
Courtney Davis: Because he is working in the
tradition, creating beautiful works of art.
- The Celtic
Tribes of Britain: On Britain in the age of Rome
- The
Coligny Calendar: the calendar as inscribed.
- The Earth,
The Forge, The Hearth, The Land: Interesting site,
focusing on Gaulish and Breton traditions.
- The Gode Cookery:
A rather extensive look at medieval food and recipies, as
well as a huge amount of medieval woodcuts. Definitely worth
the look.
- GC
Medieval Woodcuts: The Gode Cookery's medieval woodcut
collection
- Gundestrup
Cauldron: a site detailing the images of the famous
cauldron.
- Ireland's
History in Maps
- Irish
Myths and Legends: illustrated by children. Kinda
cute.
- Kernunnos:
a site devoted to the Gaulish god Cernunnos.
- Knowth:
examines the famous neolithic passage tombs and other
features of prehistoric Ireland. And it has some awesome
pictures.
- The Megalith Portal:
Charts just about every megalithic spot in the British
Isles, with archaeological data, folklore, and how to find
them.
- O Gaer Sidi, O Gaer
Cariad: a Slovakian site on Welsh literature.
- Patrick Brown's
Blog/Ulster Cycle Comic: Patrick Brown used to host
the largest collection of texts from the Ulster Cycle, but I
think he's retooling that. Instead, he's also giving us his
graphic-novel-style retelling of the Táin Bó Cúailgne
and the surrounding stories. It's really wonderful.
- The Tam Lin
Page: examining the Scottish ballad of Tam Lin and its
relationship to other ballads.
- Timeless Myths:
A wonderful introduction to European mythology, covering
Greco-Roman, Norse, Arthurian, and Celtic myth.
- WorldWideWales:
This site features a series of movies on Welsh history,
culture, and travel.
- V Wales:
they have a nice selection of folklore texts, as well as
other elements of Welsh life.
Language Sites:
Irish
- Grammars
- Dictionaries
- Cornish
- Other
Religion
Druid and Celtic Pagan Sites:
- Ar nDraoicht Fein: the
largest American Druid organization; it's emphasis is
comparative mythology among the Indo-Europeans
- Henge of Keltria:
Unlike ADF, this Druid group is specifically Irish-oriented.
They are large supporters of the Save Tara movement.
- OBOD: the largest
British Druid organization
- Isaac Bonewits:
founder of ADF and elder in the Druid movement.
- Chronarchy:
Michael Dangler's website on being a neodruid.
- Ceisiwr Serith:
website on many Neo/Pagan subjects, but especially
Proto-Indo-European culture and linguistics.
- Y
Baedd Gwyn: a site devoted to Welsh paganism.
Comics
as you see, I read a few comics.
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