Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
by Miranda J. Green
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Warlike, exuberant and superstitious, the ancient Celts saw divinities in every facet of life and nature, venerating deities of the sun, thunder, water, war, healing, hunting, fertility and death. They possessed a complicated array of concepts and rituals, a powerful priesthood - the Druids - and a pantheon which included the goddess-queen Medb and the Morrigan, a sinister war-goddess.Tags
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Reasonable, useful reference text. Some of the author's conclusions have been disputed, but at least I gather that the information (as opposed to conclusions drawn from it) involved is sound. Dictionary format... fairly obviously.
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Miranda J. Green is Professor of Archaeology and Head of Research in the School of Humanities at the University of Wales, Newport, and President of the Prehistoric Society
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
- Original publication date
- 1992
- Important places
- Spain; Gaul; United Kingdom; Northern Italy; Germany; Eastern Europe (show all 7); Ireland
- Epigraph
- 'Events which can be dated and analysed, and placed at a proper distance from the present, can also at some stage begin to appear far away; can fade. Myths are fresh; they never lose their force.'
V.S. Naipaul - Dedication
- For Eunice, Stephen, and Ann
- First words
- Reader's Guide
The Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend is organized alphabetically, each entry being introduced by a 'headword', which consists of the name of a god, mythological character, type of sacred an... (show all)imal, site, object or symbol, natural phenomenon or concept.
Introduction
Who were the Celts?
What do we mean by the term 'the Celts'?
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Reference, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 299.16 — Religion Other religions Shintoism/Taoism/Other Mythologies Indo-European Celtic, Druid
- LCC
- BL900 .G73 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism History and principles of religions European. Occidental Other European
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
