The gods of the Celts
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Bibliographic Information
The gods of the Celts
(Sutton illustrated history paperbacks)
Sutton, 1997, c1986
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First published in the United Kingdom in 1986 by Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, ... Paperback edition first published in 1993. First published in this edition in 1997"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-249) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This sourcebook on the Celts and their religions covers all aspects of the gods, ritual customs, cult-objects and sacred places. It introduces the Celts, describes the geographical and chronological scope of the book and examines the nature of the evidence. Further chapters cover the various cults of sun and sky, mother-goddesses and fertility, war, death and the underworld, water gods and healers, animals and animism and, finally, symbolism and imagery.
Table of Contents
- The Celts and religion
- cults of sun and sky
- fertility and the mother-goddeses
- war, death and the underworld
- water-gods and healers
- animals and animism
- symbolism and imagery in Celtic cult expression.
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