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How I into Celtic literature? Is there a graph for the Welsh side of things? Which Celtic group wrote the better literature, Irish or Welsh?

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>>17702361
sheepshagger here. most myths are available online. OSP on youtube has done one or two summarised myths, and I'm pretty sure they cite their sources in the description.

The myth everyone learns in school in Wales is the myth of Gelert, although that one's not particularly supernatural. For more fantastical stuff, check out bran the blessed and the legend of the red dragon. Also, depending on who you ask, Arthurian legend can be considered celtic lit.

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>>17702361
Welsh poetry has better English translation. Don't know how they compare in their original languages. Irish stories are better imo.

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the scottish gaelic tradition is quite neglected, people tend to overlook it entirely, the older poets are highly technical and hard to translate, at best in english we have some 20th century writers who wrote about Gaelic culture primarily in English