What are some good books about Celtic and Anglo-Saxon mythology,

Why read about the mythology when you can just read the mythology? I read link related and while the names and what have you were slightly different to what I learned in school, it's pretty damn comprehensive.
>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2907748-complete-irish-mythology

You'll have to look elsewhere for Anglo-Saxon stuff, I'm afraid.

>>8643381
My diary desu

The Lord of the Rings.

>>8643424
Thanks, the book sounds really interesting, I'm going to look for it tomorrow.

>>8643381
Anglo saxons are a germanic/german tribe read their myths, they are especially closely related to the inhabitans of Schleswig and Denmark, they have plenty of local myths.

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>>8643671
Thanks, any specific recommendation?

>>8645078
beowulf :)

>>8645082
Yeah, I'm probably going to start reading it today, because I need to have it read for my classes anyway. I was just, you know, asking for some other texts that would be fun and helpful.

The White Goddess

>>8643381
You could try The Penguin Book of Norse Myths. As far as I know Anglo-Saxon mythology comes from the same roots as the Norse myths but is mostly lost because Anglo-Saxon writing only really happened after the Christian conversion in the 7th century.

Because it's a decentralised 'religion' anyway there were always regional differences, hence we get Odin, Woden, Wotan, etc.

The Penguin book is a retelling written by a notable scholar so it's an enjoyable narrative read but a relatively accurate reconstruction from primary sources (Icelandic eddas, etc).

>>8643381
We don't really know that much about Anglo-Saxon mythology in particular but the Anglo-Saxons were basically a combination between various Germanic tribes from northern Germany, Frisia, and Denmark so their beliefs were most likely very similar to the mythologies of that region, which we do know a good bit about.