The Religion of the Ancient Celts (1911) Chapter 16: Sacrifice and Prayer

by J. A. MacCulloch

The Celts offered human victims on the principle of a life for a life, or to propitiate the gods, or in order to divine the future from the entrails of the victim. We shall examine the Celtic custom of human sacrifice from these points of view first.

Names Used in this Section

The Semites

Marseilles

Taranis

Teutates

Esus

Diodorus

Strabo

Varro

Tacitus

druidarum religionem diræ immanitatis

Dio Cassius

Dindsenchas

Cromm Cruaich

Dr. Joyce

Nemedian

Fomorians

Fair of Taillte

Perseus and Andromeda

Becuma

S. Oran

S. Columba

Vortigern

Emain Macha

Pausanias

Ammianus and Livy

Cúchulainn

Conall Cernach

Emer

oppidum

Dayak

Poseidonius

Artemis

Mallius

Gairloch

S. Maelrubha

Eilean Maree (Maelrubha)

Eilean mo righ

Eilean a Mhor Righ

Sir Arthur Mitchell

Brianniul

Gruagach

Compiègne

Artemidorus

Deiotaurus

Dalan

Mider

Imbas Forosnai

Filé

Teinm Laegha

Cétnad

taghairm

baile

fidlanna

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