'This is a thoroughly researched and liberally illustrated study by an expert in the field, and as such it is an essential reference tool. The book is eminently readable ... this is a book both for dipping into at leisure moments and for reading in full.' - BWA

• List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Natural World of the Celts 2. Food and Farming: Animals in the Celtic Economy 3. Prey and Predator; The Celtic Hunter 4. Animals at War 5. Sacrifice and Ritual 6. The Artist's Menagerie 7. Animals in the Earliest Celtic Stories 8. God and Beast 9. Changing Attitudes to the Animal World Notes Abbreviations Bibliography Index.

'This is a thoroughly researched and liberally illustrated study by an expert in the field, and as such it is an essential reference tool. The book is eminently readable ... this is a book both for dipping into at leisure moments and for reading in full.' - BWA

• List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Natural World of the Celts 2. Food and Farming: Animals in the Celtic Economy 3. Prey and Predator; The Celtic Hunter 4. Animals at War 5. Sacrifice and Ritual 6. The Artist's Menagerie 7. Animals in the Earliest Celtic Stories 8. God and Beast 9. Changing Attitudes to the Animal World Notes Abbreviations Bibliography Index.

'This is a thoroughly researched and liberally illustrated study by an expert in the field, and as such it is an essential reference tool. The book is eminently readable ... this is a book both for dipping into at leisure moments and for reading in full.' - BWA

• List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements 1. The Natural World of the Celts 2. Food and Farming: Animals in the Celtic Economy 3. Prey and Predator; The Celtic Hunter 4. Animals at War 5. Sacrifice and Ritual 6. The Artist's Menagerie 7. Animals in the Earliest Celtic Stories 8. God and Beast 9. Changing Attitudes to the Animal World Notes Abbreviations Bibliography Index.