title: On the Edge of a Dream: The Women of Celtic Myth and Legend
author:  Jennifer Heath 
description: <b>Jennifer Heath</b> was born in Australia, raised in Latin America, and has lived and gardened the world over. A person of wide-ranging talents and interests, Heath is a novelist, a student of Celtic literature, and the author of <i>On the Edge of Dream: The Women of Celtic Myth and Legend</i>. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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  Above: Late Iron Age bronze figurine of a female dancer, from Neuvy-en-
  Sullias, France.
  
  
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  Late Iron Age bronze boar, from Neuvy-en-Sullias, France.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  **About the Author**
  
  
  **Miranda Aldhouse-Green** is Professor Emeritus at Cardiff University. She
  specializes in the study of shamanism and archaeology of the Iron Age. She has
  published widely on the Celts and their world, including: _Celtic Goddesses:
  Warriors, Virgins and Mothers, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend,_ and
  _Exploring the World of the Druids_.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Other titles of interest published by  
  Thames & Hudson include:**
  
  
  _The Egyptian Myths_
  
  
  _The Greek and Roman Myths_
  
  
  _Exploring the World of the Druids_
  
  
  _Exploring the World of the Celts_
  
  
  _The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World_
  
  
  **See our websites**
  
  
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