Home›Sources›Celtic Culture: A Historical EncyclopediaSourcesCeltic Culture: A Historical EncyclopediaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/celtic-culture-a-historical-encyclopedia.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/celtic-culture-a-historical-encyclopediaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-celtic-culture-a-historical-encyclopedia, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/celtic-culture-a-historical-encyclopedia}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXJohn Koch's five-volume encyclopedia is built specifically to be skeptical of Victorian and neo-pagan reconstructions of Celtic religion, naming and setting aside later invented material rather than repeating it as though it were ancient, a documented editorial stance rather than a claim about its publisher's reputation. That explicit critical stance toward exactly the kind of popular reconstruction this atlas also has to be careful of is the encyclopedia's real evidentiary strength. This record has not independently traced a documented history of scholarly disagreement with any specific entry. Use it as the standard critical reference for Celtic religion and culture; an entry's skepticism toward a popular claim should be read as the encyclopedia's considered judgment, not an oversight.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (417 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A five volume scholarly encyclopedia built specifically to be skeptical of Victorian and neo-pagan reconstructions of Celtic religion, naming and setting aside later invented material rather than repeating it as though ancient.NotesWell-attestedFive-volume scholarly encyclopedia; the standard critical reference for Celtic religion, and consistently sceptical of Victorian and neo-pagan reconstructions.CitationAuthorWell-attestedJohn T. Koch (ed.)PublisherWell-attestedABC-CLIOPublication YearWell-attested2006URLWell-attestedhttps://www.abc-clio.com/products/A1513C/Source TypeWell-attestedreferenceClaims Backed By This Source (417 claims)This source backs 417 claims across the atlas. As facts: 351 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 18 holds. Plus 46 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicDeities, 169 claims: 146 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 4 holds, 18 general references.Articles, 47 claims: 47 well-attested.Figures, 32 claims: 27 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 3 general references.Mythical Creatures, 32 claims: 26 well-attested, 6 general references.Sacred Sites, 26 claims: 20 well-attested, 3 holds, 3 general references.Realms, 22 claims: 18 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.Myths & Sacred Narratives, 19 claims: 13 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.Subcategories, 18 claims: 15 well-attested, 3 general references.Categories, 12 claims: 11 well-attested, 1 general references.Cultures, 11 claims: 3 well-attested, 6 holds, 2 general references.Rituals, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 general references.Religions, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Other Writings, 1 claims: 1 general references.Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested351ArticlesA 1970S Song Gave Her a Second AudienceA Composite with No Single OriginalA Convenient Grave, Discovered at the Right MomentA Drowned Court and a Modern GoddessA God's Name on a Doomed Roman ColoniaA God's Name Surviving in Later Folk BeliefA Late Manuscript for an Early Sounding TaleA Silver Arm and a Buried Votive in Roman BritainA War God Known Mostly from StoneA Warning with a Job to DoBalor, Lughnasadh, and the Reach of His NameCandlemas, Imbolc and the First Stirrings of SpringCeltic Sacred SitesFrom La Tene to the Atlantic FringeFrom Rite to Habit of SpeechGoddess and SaintGoddess of Poetry, Healing and the ForgeGods, Offerings and the Ritual YearHow a Silent God Became the Horned God of WiccaHow Much of the King One Historian InventedModern, not ancientThe Antlered God, Known Mostly from ImagesThe Druids, and Who Wrote About ThemThe Eve of All HallowsThe Families, and the Women Who Were Paid to CryThe Famous Version Is the Most Recent OneThe Fifteenth of August and the Feasts of ReturnThe Goddess Worshipped in the Stable, Not Only the TempleThe Gods of Gaul, Named TwiceThe gods of the Celtic peoplesThe Green Dog, and the Three BaysThe Green Hound of the HighlandsThe Horse Goddess Honoured by RomeThe Hound of Ulster and the Warp-SpasmThe Manuscripts Behind the Warp SpasmThe Mound Built to Catch the SunThe Once and Future KingThe Prophet Who Shaped a KingdomThe Seal-Wife and the Hidden SkinThe Skin, and Who Is Telling the StoryThe Water Horse That Will Not Let You DismountThe Woman Whose Cry Foretells a DeathTurning Gods into Ancestors on the PageTurning With the SunVesak, Beltane and the Month of MaryWhat the Revivals AddedWho Really Invented Ogham? A God's Credit, and a Scholarly DoubtCategoriesCeltic Tree SignsCulturesCeltsDeitiesAengusShowing 1 to 50 of 88 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate2DeitiesAengusFiguresKing ArthurHolds18CulturesCeltsDeitiesBrigidEponaLughRhiannonFiguresMerlinMyths & Sacred NarrativesCuchulainn's Boyhood DeedsThe Tain Bo Cuailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley)RealmsAvalonTir na nOgSacred SitesGlastonbury TorThe Nemeton GrovesGeneral References46CategoriesCeltic Tree SignsCulturesCeltsGaulsDeitiesAengusArianrhodBrigidCamulusCernunnosCerridwenDagdaDanuDian CechtDonnEponaLughManannan mac LirNuadaOgmaRhiannonThe MorriganThe Tuatha De DanannFiguresCu ChulainnKing ArthurMerlinMythical CreaturesBansheeCu SithKelpieSelkieMyths & Sacred NarrativesBattle of CamlannCuchulainn's Boyhood DeedsThe Second Battle of Mag TuiredThe Tain Bo Cuailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley)Other WritingsBook of InvasionsRealmsAvalonTir na nOgRegionsBritish IslesReligionsCeltic PaganismRitualsDeisal, the Sunwise TurningSacred SitesCarnacThe Hill of TaraThe Nemeton GrovesSubcategoriesCeltic DeitiesCeltic SitesWizardsComments (0)No comments yet. 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