| Description |
1 online resource (99 entries) : 1 image, digital files. |
| Series |
Penguin guides to world mythology |
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Penguin guides to world mythology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Sources of our Knowledge -- Interpretations and Reinterpretations -- PART ONE - Contexts -- 1. Names in the Dust: Searching for Celtic Deities -- 2. Remnants of Celtic Religion -- 3. Sacred Kingship in Early Ireland -- 4. Goddesses, Warrior Queens and Saints -- 5. Calendar Feasts -- 6. Otherworlds -- PART TWO - Irish Myths -- 7. Irish Beginnings: the Lebor Gabála Érenn -- 8. The Irish Mythological Cycle -- 9. The Ulster Cycle, Part I -- 10. The Ulster Cycle, Part II: Cúchulainn and the Táin -- 11. The Fenian Cycle -- 12. The Cycles of the Kings -- PART THREE - Welsh and Oral Myths -- 13. British Roots and Welsh Traditions -- 14. Survivals in the Oral Traditions of Celtic Lands -- Select Bibliography -- Leading Names and Terms in Celtic Mythology. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
northwestern fringes of Europe - from Britain and the Isle of Man to Gaul and Brittany. Drawing on recent historical and archaeological research, as well as literary and oral sources, the guide looks at the gods and goddesses of Celtic myth; at the nature of Celtic religion, with its rituals of sun and moon worship; and at the druids who served society as judges, diviners and philosophers. It also examines the many Celtic deities who were linked with animals and such natural phenomena as rivers and caves, or who later became associated with local Christian saints. And it explores in detail the rich variety of Celtic myths: from early legends of King Arthur to the stories of the Welsh Mabinogi, and from tales of heroes including Cúchulainn, Fionn mac Cumhaill and the warrior queen Medb to tales of shadowy otherworlds - the homes of spirits and fairies. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Mythology, Celtic.
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Gods, Celtic.
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Goddesses, Celtic.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Credo Reference (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0141017945 9780141017945 xxvii, 387 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. |
| ISBN |
9781849725958 (online) |
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0141017945 (pbk.) |
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9780141017945 (pbk.) |
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