title: A Modern Celt: Seeking the Ancestors
author:  Mabh Savage 
description: <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="612" style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr style="height:15pt;"><td style="width:459pt;padding:0.75pt 0.75pt 0pt 0.75pt;border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none" valign="bottom" width="612" nowrap=""><span><span style="font-weight:bold;">Mabh Savage</span><span> lives in Yorkshire, England, and was raised by Wiccan parents who had a passion for Celtic history, both mythological and actual. She is now involved with several pagan groups and is exploring her heritage as a way to get closer to the world around her, and understand her ancestors more.</span></span><br /></td></tr></table>
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  #### Lectures on the Early History of Institutions
  
  
  [1\. New Materials for the Early History of Institutions
  ](Lectures%20on%20the%20Early%20History%20o_split_001.html#filepos4438)
  
  [2\. The Ancient Irish Law
  ](Lectures%20on%20the%20Early%20History%20o_split_001.html#filepos37603)
  
  [3\. Kinship as a Base of Society
  ](Lectures%20on%20the%20Early%20History%20o_split_001.html#filepos94216)
  
  [4\. The Tribe and the Land
  ](Lectures%20on%20the%20Early%20History%20o_split_001.html#filepos141947)
  
  [5\. The Chief and his Order
  ](Lectures%20on%20the%20Early%20History%20o_split_001.html#filepos172183)
  
  [6\. The Chief and his Land
  ](Lectures%20on%20the%20Early%20History%20o_split_002.html#filepos252399)
  
  [7\. Ancient Divisions of the Family
  ](Lectures%20on%20the%20Early%20History%20o_split_002.html#filepos307829)
  
  [8\. The Growth and Diffusion of Primitive Ideas
  ](Lectures%20on%20the%20Early%20History%20o_split_002.html#filepos364960)
  
  [9\. 