The words Celt and Celtic can have a variety of meanings.
Sometimes a pronunciation distinction is maintained - see Pronunciation of Celtic. The following may be pronounced either /kelt(ik)/ or /selt(ik)/, but in academic use there is a clear preference for /kelt(ik)/:
Celtici, Celts from ancient Lusitania (modern day Portugal). (See also Celtiberians for a Celtic people on the Iberian peninsula)
Celtic music, referring to folk music that originated from "Celtic" cultures.
Celtic nations The Irish Republic, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany and Galicia.
Celtic art, cultural art that avoids straight lines and only occasionally uses symmetry, or knotwork that is typically recognizable by interlocking lines and figures
Celtic Alliance of America The Celtic Alliance of America was formed to raise awareness within the U.S. to the problems facing the Irish, Scottish, Cornish, and Welsh nations struggle for freedom and equality.
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Celtic Fairy Tales - By Joseph Jacobs (1892), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
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English Fairy Tales - By Flora Annie Steel (1918), e-text from the Baldwin Project.
Fairy Legends and Traditions - By Thomas Crofton Croker (1825), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
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Grim and Havelock - Dedicated to the legend of Grim and his foster-son Havelok, Danish founders of the British town of Grimsby.
Meta Description: [ The legendary tale of Grim the fisherman and his foster-son, Havelok the Dane, features as being one of the earliest most delightful classic romances of antiquity. It has also been one of the most popular British folk-heroic legendary tales of all time, assuredly in a class with Robin Hood and Ki... ]
Manx Fairy Tales - By Sophia Morrison (1911), e-text from a Manx Note Book.
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More Celtic Fairy Tales - By Joseph Jacobs (1892), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
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Northumbrian Folk Tales - Traditional folk tales, songs, poems and rhymes from the northeast of England.
Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales - By Sir George Douglas (1901), at sacred-texts.com.
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The Secret Common-Wealth - Robert Kirk's 17th century monograph devoted to Celtic fairy lore, at sacred-texts.com.
The Welsh Fairy Book - By W. Jenkyn Thomas (1907), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
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