All these are gods so small that they be lesser than men, but pleasant gods to have beside the hearth; and often men have prayed to Kilooloogung, saying: "Thou whose smoke ascendeth to Pegana send up with it our prayers, that the gods may hear." And Kilooloogung, who is pleased that men should pray, stretches himself up all grey and lean, with his arms above his head, and sendeth his servant the smoke to seek Pegana, that the gods of Pegana may know that the people pray.

《凯尔特神话传说》讲述了凯尔特人，这个古老又神奇的名字曾激起过无数人的幻想和向往，关于他们的故事出现在敌人、盟友和倾慕者的书写之中，众说纷纭又充满魅力，连恺撒大帝都对他们赞叹不已。凯尔特的神话传说更是一个引人入胜的世界，千百年来被很多人奉为精神动力和灵感源泉，眷恋者甚众。爱尔兰学者和诗人罗尔斯顿就是其中一位。他重编这些富有激情和想象力的神话，要为本民族注入曾有的生机和活力。在今天的后现代社会，凯尔特神话还成为打造畅销文化创意产品的符号资源，从小说《魔戒》《哈利·波特》到爱尔兰歌手恩雅仿如天籁的歌声，背后都隐含着神奇瑰丽的凯尔特神话精神。推开这扇门，走进一个悠久而常新的奇幻世界。