Quote Originally Posted by sathor View Post
What's more odd is some of the stories about the ancient beliefs clashing with the spread of Christianity. One could assume that those legends were propaganda of the spread, though who really knows. Perhaps the tuath De danin (who I know I prob. spelled wrong) really did leave after a priest told them they had no soul and were not welcome under the new religion.
That is so very true. The Celtic legends weren't written down until Christianity had taken a foothold. The most obvious uses of Christian slant are in the Celtic creation myths- particularly that the Celts of Ireland were direct descendants of two of Noah's sons. Oh, and it's spelled Tuatha de Dannan. They are the descendants of the goddess figure Danu.