Ancient Celtic Goddesses Author(s): E. Anwyl Source: The Celtic Review, Vol. 3, No. 9 (Jul., 1906), pp. 26-51 Published by: Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30069895 Accessed: 23-11-2015 23:24 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 128.122.230.148 on Mon, 23 Nov 2015 23:24:25 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 26 THE CELTIC REVIEW ANCIENT CELTIC GODDESSES Professor E. ANWYL THE extant remains of the Celtic forms of religion afford abundant testimony to the great variety of divine names which were associated therewith. No student of Celtic religion can fail to be impressed with the number of Celtic deities, who appear to have been local or tribal in character. Even where a certain deity appears to have become non-local, it will generally be found on investigation that the sphere of the extended worship has fairly well-defined areas and centres. We cannot take as our first guide for the classification and grouping of Celtic gods a Pantheon like that of Homer, behind which there is a long history of religious development, and upon which there is the impress of a literary tradition.