Mythology of the British Isles

Author(s)

• Ashe, Geoffrey

Bibliographic Information

Mythology of the British Isles

Geoffrey Ashe

Methuen London, 1990

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [294]-297

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780413629906

Description

This book is planned on the pattern of Robert Graves's "Greek Myths" and "Hebrew Myths". Each section deals with its topic first as presented in legend or story-telling or speculation. Then a commentary discusses the sources, the facts, the underlying ideas, the rehandling in subsequent writing. The time-span of the survey extends from prehistory to the 9th century AD. Geoffrey Ashe has also written "King Arthur's Avalon - The Story of Glastonbury", "Avalonian Quest" and "The Ancient Wisdom".

Table of Contents

• The peoples and their origins
• excursus
• mysteries of early Britain
• dynasties
• magic and secret lore
• the Roman era
• transition
• Arthurian Britain
• the birth of Scotland
• the English inheritance.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780413665409

Description

Retells the legendary history of Britain by recounting stories and legends from the dark centuries of British prehistory to the 9th century AD - tales of giants and fairies, druids and saints, King Lear, King Arthur and Old King Cole, all interrelated and presented with fresh significance.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA11822140
• ISBN:
  • 0413629902
  • 0413665402
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 304 p.
• Size: 26 cm.
• Classification:
  • LCC : BL980.G7
  • DC20 : 398.20941
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : British myths & legends
  • LCSH : Mythology, British -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : Legends -- Great Britain -- Dictionaries