Gurps Celtic Myth

Author : Jo Walton
Publisher : Steve Jackson Games Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781556348495
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gurps Celtic Myth written by Jo Walton and published by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isles of the Mighty Standing stones. Headhunting and human sacrifice. Lusty kings and cattle-raiding queens. Naked warriors painted blue. Mysterious druids and crafty Sidhe. The Celtic world was full of strange enchantments and bloody battles. Enter a world of feasting and fighting, where magic is everywhere and glory is everything. In this book you'll find: Tales of the ancient Irish and Welsh heroes. A wealth of Celtic character types, with plenty of new advantages and disadvantages - including gesas, the mystic prophecies and taboos that ruled the life and death of every Celt. The Druids: their arcane teachings and enigmatic magic. A new Druidic tree-magic system including the standard GURPS spells, plus new Celtic ones, grouped according to ancient natural categories. The uncanny powers of the Sidhe, children and fathers of gods, and rules for creating characters with Faerie blood and powers of their own . . . Willful weapons, magical and powerful, with their own personalities and motives. Return to a time when a battle or a wonder was around every corner, and the Otherworld was only a step away . . .

Author : Gene Seabolt
Publisher : Steve Jackson Games
ISBN 13 : 9781556344138
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book GURPS Myth written by Gene Seabolt and published by Steve Jackson Games. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- Based on the best-selling MYTH computer games from Bungie Software! -- A gripping add-on for anyone who enjoys Myth, whether he plays GURPS or not. -- Includes guidelines for using the computer game's world-generation software for GURPS simulation.

Author : Charles Squire
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1398809926
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celtic Myth and Legend written by Charles Squire and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This far-ranging look at the characters found in Celtic and British myth and poetry is a great resource for those interested in the gods and heroes of ancient Briton. With sections on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the Gaelic gods, and tales of the druids, this comprehensive study of Celtic myth and legend will delight scholars and the general reader alike. Drawing on the early writings of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, Charles Squire ensured his study was well-researched and correctly attributed. However, this is no dry tome of academic research; the reader will find tales both beautiful and moving here. The gods of Ireland are honoured in the animated telling of their stories and only give way to the enchantments of heroes such as Arthur Pendragon.

Author : C. Squire
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celtic Myth and Legend written by C. Squire and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Freeman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190460474
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celtic Mythology written by Philip Freeman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people have heard of the Celts--the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxically characterized as both barbaric and innocent, the Celts appeal to the modern world as a symbol of a bygone era, a world destroyed by the ambition of empire and the spread of Christianity throughout Western Europe. Despite the pervasive cultural and literary influence of the Celts, shockingly little is known of their way of life and beliefs, because very few records of their stories exist. In this book, for the first time, Philip Freeman brings together the best stories of Celtic mythology. Everyone today knows about the gods and heroes of the ancient Greeks, such as Zeus, Hera, and Hercules, but how many people have heard of the Gaulish god Lugus or the magical Welsh queen Rhiannon or the great Irish warrior C� Chulainn? We still thrill to the story of the Trojan War, but the epic battles of the Irish T�in B� Cuailgne are known only to a few. And yet those who have read the stories of Celtic myth and legend-among them writers like J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis-have been deeply moved and influenced by these amazing tales, for there is nothing in the world quite like them. In these stories a mysterious and invisible realm of gods and spirits exists alongside and sometimes crosses over into our own human world; fierce women warriors battle with kings and heroes, and even the rules of time and space can be suspended. Captured in vivid prose these shadowy figures-gods, goddesses, and heroes-come to life for the modern reader.

Author : EDS Staff
Publisher : Steve Jackson Games
ISBN 13 : 9781556345128
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gurps Vikings written by EDS Staff and published by Steve Jackson Games. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jackie Cassada
Publisher : White Wolf Games Studio
ISBN 13 : 9781565042223
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World of Darkness written by Jackie Cassada and published by White Wolf Games Studio. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though vampires have their intrigues, werewolves have their wars, mages have their realities, wraiths have their passions and changelings seek to return to their homeland, there are supernatural powers at work in the world that concern all of these beings. Indeed, there are people and forces in the world of Darkness that endanger all those who exist. Learn the secrets, alliances, enemies and plans of these shadowy beings in a series of world of Darkness books that can be integrated into all of the storyteller games. Come explore the emerald city of the East.

Author : Charles Squire
Publisher : Obscure Press
ISBN 13 : 1444656406
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celtic Myth & Legend, Poetry & Romance written by Charles Squire and published by Obscure Press. This book was released on 2010-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PREFACE: This book is what its authors believes to be the only attempt yet made to put the English reader into possession, in clear, compact, and what it is hoped may prove agreeable, form, of the mythical, legendary, and poetic traditions of the early inhabitants of our islands who have left us written records - the Gaelic and the British Celts...... This early, illustrated works is a fascinating and detailed study of the subject and will appeal greatly to any historian or student. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Bob Curran
Publisher : Blandford Press
ISBN 13 : 9780713727661
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Creatures of Celtic Myth written by Bob Curran and published by Blandford Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: May 2000 @body:Giants, demons, sprites, merfolk, monsters, halflings, heroes, witches, wizards, and wise women: all these beings survive in the world of Celtic mythology, where they have worked their alluring magic for centuries. Here is a varied tapestry of the Celtic imagination and perspective--a tantalizing glimpse of a vanished past. The 29 tales include In the Hall of Yspaddaden Pancawr, about a flesh-eating Welsh cyclops; The Laird of Gesto, a Scottish legend of fairy-folk; and The Sea Bride, from Ireland. 192 pages, 10 color illus., 45 b/w illus., 7 1/2 x 9 1/2.

Author : Roger Sherman Loomis
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691020754
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grail written by Roger Sherman Loomis and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1991-10-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval legend of the Grail, a tale about the search for supreme mystical experience, has never ceased to intrigue writers and scholars by its wildly variegated forms: the settings have ranged from Britain to the Punjab to the Temple of Zeus at Dodona; the Grail itself has been described as the chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper, a stone with miraculous youth-preserving virtues, or a vessel containing a man's head swimming in blood. In his classic exploration of the major versions, Roger Sherman Loomis shows how the Grail, once a Celtic vessel of plenty, evolved into the Christian Grail with miraculous powers. Loomis bases his argument on historical examples involving the major motifs and characters in the legends, beginning with the Arthurian legend recounted in the 1180 French poem by Chrétien de Troyes. Loomis's book builds suspense as he proceeds from one puzzle to the next in revealing the meaning behind the legends.--From publisher description.