Animals -- Mythology

The authors trace the origins, styles, motifs and development of the use of animals in Celtic art, illustration, decoration and design. The Celts were closely connected with the natural world and the creatures they met there became a part of their art.

History is full of strange animal stories, invented by the brightest and most influential, from Aristotle to Disney, and they reveal as much about us and the things we believe as they do about the animals they misrepresent. We once thought that eels were born from sand, that swallows hibernated u...