Celtic Mythology, Religion, and Folklore

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

IC - University of Galway, Ireland: The first half of the SG116 module will examine evidence for the religious beliefs of the pre-Christian Celts and explore some of the essential elements of Celtic mythology. The second half of this module engages with the modern folklore of Ireland from the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on the recorded folk beliefs and customs from that era involving the traditional calendar and seasons, stories of Otherworldly beings, saints and sites of pilgrimage, death customs and other ritual practices in Ireland.