A very moving collection of stories of encounters with Cernunnos, together with an analysis of what is known about him from history and archaeology. I’m glad people are willing to share such deep personal experiences, as it gives such a depth to books like this.
Intriguingly, if you piece together everything that is known about Cernunnos from historical sources, he is the Lord of Animals, a liminal figure between life and death, and a semi-aquatic figure (hence the boy on the dolphin on the Gundestrup Cauldron).
We were lucky enough to see the Gundestrup Cauldron when it was in the British Museum exhibition about the Celts. It was a very powerful experience, as Jason Mankey mentions in his introductory piece in the book.







