Typology of a Hero in Selected Celtic Myths

Abstract

This bachelor thesis deals with Celtic mythological heroes. First, this thesis focuses on the Celts, then it focuses on a term myth and then it explains the division of Irish myths. In the practical part, it analyses the life of two Irish heroes, Cú Chulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill and it compares it to the pattern of the life of a hero by Lord Raglan.