Miranda Aldhouse-Green is Professor Emeritus at Cardiff University. A former President of the Prehistoric Society, Professor Aldhouse-Green was the first recipient of the John Legonna Celtic Research Prize, awarded by the National Library of Wales in 1986. She has lectured at academic institutions in including the Smithsonian Institution and the Universities of Toronto, Melbourne, Utrecht and Umeå.

• Pronunciation GuideForetaste: Myths and MythmakersChapter 1: Opening the Door on the Welsh MythsChapter 2: Gods and HeroesChapter 3: Fabulous Beasts and Shape-ShiftersChapter 4: Otherworlds and ImmortalityChapter 5: Capricious Cauldrons and Burnished BowlsChapter 6: Goddesses, Witches and Shamed WomenChapter 7: Magic Numbers and Mythic ColoursChapter 8: Love, Marriage and Sacral KingshipAfterglow: Mythscapes and Deep RootsFurther ReadingAcknowledgements

The Welsh mythical tales, first written down by clerics in the Middle Ages, preserve vivid narratives told and retold by travelling storytellers over many centuries before. In this delightful book, the author explains the cultural and social background from which the stories come, going back to the Roman period and the Iron Age. Everything is here, severed heads, boar cults, magic cauldrons and shape-shifting. This is a fascinating, scholarly analysis made accessible to all.