Q 01/05

Which branch of Celtic mythology has the largest surviving body of written myths?

A) Irish

B) Welsh

C) Gaulish

D) Breton

Answer · why

A) Irish

Irish. Rome never conquered the island, so its old tales lived on until Christian monks began writing them down in the early Middle Ages, while the my...

Q 02/05

Epona, a Gaulish goddess adopted by the Roman army, was the protector of which animals?

A) Horses

B) Cattle

C) Hounds

D) Sheep

Answer · why

A) Horses

Horses. Her name comes from the Gaulish word for horse, and the Romans who took up her cult set her image in a shrine in the stable and garlanded it o...

Q 03/05

Who were the Tuatha Dé Danann's great enemies, beaten for good at the second battle of Mag Tuired?

A) The Milesians

B) The Nemedians

C) The Fomorians

D) The Ulaid

Answer · why

C) The Fomorians

The Fomorians. These seaborne raiders had ground the Tuatha Dé down with heavy tribute and menial work, until the gods rose up and drove them from the...

Q 04/05

Niamh of the Golden Hair carried a mortal hero across the waves to which land, where 300 years passed like three?

A) Tír na nÓg

B) Hy-Brasil

C) Lyonesse

D) Avalon

Answer · why

A) Tír na nÓg

Tír na nÓg, the Land of Youth. Homesick, he rode back under strict orders never to set foot on the ground, only to learn that everyone he had known wa...

Q 05/05

The Lia Fáil, said to roar under a rightful king, stood at which royal site?

A) The Hill of Tara

B) Emain Macha

C) The Rock of Cashel

D) The Hill of Uisneach

Answer · why

A) The Hill of Tara

The Hill of Tara. The Tuatha Dé Danann were said to have carried the stone with them from the northern city of Falias, as one of the four magic treasu...