Women of the Celts

1972, 1986 Inner Traditions International edition
Jean Markale
Translated by A. Mygind, C. Hauch, and P. Henry
Women of the Celts
Probably bought newish, for $12.95
Good condition paperback
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I think I've only read this book once before, and I can see why.  Although I like the idea of the book, examining Celtic mythology to see what we can apply to modern life, it's surprisingly dull.  There were moments when I was drawn in, but this is the first book in awhile that I found myself putting off reading.  If you read it, do so for the myths, not for the interpretations.

Ironically, it wasn't till I looked it up online that I found out that Markale was a man (Jean being a masculine name in France, as I knew but forgot), so now I'm seeing it in a different light.  Not that it makes it any better or worse a book, but it does make me look at his observations on women's sexuality and feminism differently.  And I'd thought it was weird that a woman wrote, "Until now, only poets have really understood woman.  This is probably because woman, like poetry, is a continuous creation....What mystery surrounds this strange character!"