What is it about the arts of the ancient Celts that makes them so fascinating for today's fashions and jewelry, graphic design, and even architecture? It's as though their ancient magical powers still cast a spell over us. Feel the power, as you become familiar with the stories and the representations of the 50 most important symbol groupings. Illustrated texts reveal dozens of cultic figures featured in ancient Celtic rituals, including wild animals and birds, reptiles and fish, trees and flowers, numbers, spirals, crosses, circles, and many other designs. Each spread depicts the qualities and values they symbolize, with examples of characters and stories from ancient myths that can be incorporated into your favorite designs today. 304 pages, 5 6/8 x 7 1/2.
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By "matlock929" (Round Lake, Il United States) - See all my reviews
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I have been searching for a book like this for almost a year. This is the most complete guide to Celtic symbols and their meanings. I would recomend having some basic knowledge of Celtic history to fully understand some of the descriptions.
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A comprehensive and useful guide,
By Steph "Corkgirl" (Belfast, Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This book is not a thick one so it might go unnoticed. It is, indeed, a real mine of information that unveil the Celtic traditions. Each symbol is fully explained and a little excerpt of some legend having to do with it is provided. Here comes the surprise: many Celtic symbols are still used and still have their primitive meaning. It's also interesting to see how some other symbols have fully migrated from a culture to another one without loosing their inner meaning.
This is a very useful book to read and understand the sense of Celtic culture.
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