Brigid Ehrmantraut is an expert in Celtic languages and literature and is Associate Lecturer in Latin and in the History of the British Isles at the University of St Andrews. She studied Classics at Princeton University and received her PhD in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining the School of History at St Andrews, she held a Research Fellowship at St John’s College, Cambridge. She is also the author of Classical Myth in Medieval Ireland (Boydell and Brewer, 2025).

'A lively account' - Financial Times

• Introduction • Part I: Ancient Magic: 1: Deities and Dedications • 2: Curse Tablets • 3: Greek and Roman Ideas about Celtic Magic • Part II: Medieval Magic: 4: Protective Prayers and Saintly Aid • 5: Medical Magic and Astrology • 6: Magicians in Medieval Literature • Afterlives

Brigid Ehrmantraut is an expert in Celtic languages and literature and is Associate Lecturer in Latin and in the History of the British Isles at the University of St Andrews. She studied Classics at Princeton University and received her PhD in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining the School of History at St Andrews, she held a Research Fellowship at St John’s College, Cambridge. She is also the author of Classical Myth in Medieval Ireland (Boydell and Brewer, 2025).

'A lively account' - Financial Times

• Introduction • Part I: Ancient Magic: 1: Deities and Dedications • 2: Curse Tablets • 3: Greek and Roman Ideas about Celtic Magic • Part II: Medieval Magic: 4: Protective Prayers and Saintly Aid • 5: Medical Magic and Astrology • 6: Magicians in Medieval Literature • Afterlives

Brigid Ehrmantraut is an expert in Celtic languages and literature and is Associate Lecturer in Latin and in the History of the British Isles at the University of St Andrews. She studied Classics at Princeton University and received her PhD in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining the School of History at St Andrews, she held a Research Fellowship at St John’s College, Cambridge. She is also the author of Classical Myth in Medieval Ireland (Boydell and Brewer, 2025).

'A lively account' - Financial Times

• Introduction • Part I: Ancient Magic: 1: Deities and Dedications • 2: Curse Tablets • 3: Greek and Roman Ideas about Celtic Magic • Part II: Medieval Magic: 4: Protective Prayers and Saintly Aid • 5: Medical Magic and Astrology • 6: Magicians in Medieval Literature • Afterlives