The Celts have always been great storytellers. Across the years, Celtic imagination and belief has spawned a host of heroes, monsters, fairies, spirits, and phantoms, all that have coalesced into a colorful tapestry of lore and legend which has been transmitted from one generations to another. From the earliest legends, told around the fires of the Celtic warriors, through the fireside tales of the rural hearths, to the written word of the polished scribe, these stories have a resonance and an immediacy that is hard to dismiss. They represent a vibrant and unbroken link to the Celtic past.