ABSTRACT
The study of Celtic myths requires some sort of definition of the geographical oudine of the Celtic world, based on the development of celtic myths during the course of history. The survival of the Celtic myths is due, on the one hand, to their adaptation by means of the syncretic process just described and, on the other, to the political and literary form that they assumed during the thirteenth century in particular. It is worth giving a brief summary of some of the main theological characteristics of the various gods mentioned above. It is relevant to consider, very briefly, the protean way in which Celtic myth has been re-fused in the context of later European society. People have already seen that it formed the source of the oral tradition our ancestors and, as such, underlies traditional European folk tales. It is virtually undeniable that the Great Goddess is omnipresent in Celtic theology and popular belief.
