y hood Deeds of Cu Chulaind" where he fought and proved himself to all "three fifties" of the young boys. Then in the second story he is conquering enemies at the age of six to save his people and their name. These stories even have supernatural pigs. The pig in "The Tale of Macc Da Tho's Pig" was so big that 40 oxen had laid across it and its stomach was enough for a meal for nine men. 4 Beside these logical impossibilities historians have also found mistakes in the historical interpretations of these stories. The research in Ronald Hutton's book "The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles" tells of many errors in the in the references in association with the proposed time line. The archeology suggests that the earliest literature was not a window on the Iron Age but on the early Middle Ages in which it was composed. In many of the stories they speak of gathering in Halls, fighting with swords which came about in the Viking age, and riding in chariots from the Christian times 5. The real Iron Age Celts had a simpler way of living than the higher class they are portrayed to have enjoyed living in. The stories in the book "Early Irish Myths And Sagas" can tell us a great deal about the Celtic Peoples praying to more than one god. Some of the stories tell us who their gods were, what their certain purpose was, and the amount of power they had. The Good God's name (after many changes) is Dagdae. He is first shown in the story of "The Wooing of Etain" and is said to perform miracles and take care of the weather and harvest. We learn of Medb who was once a fertility goddess and the Tuatha de Danann family of deities that included Furamach from the story "The Wooing of Etain".The stories tell about social and military acts. One of the main things we see in the stories is the importance of honor. In the Iron Ages the warriors fought for the people but mostly for the name of themselves and their family. In "The Tale of Mac...
