Dictionary of Celtic myth and legend

著者

• Green, Miranda J.

書誌事項

Dictionary of Celtic myth and legend

Miranda J. Green

Thames & Hudson, 1997

1st paperback ed.

注記

Bibliography: p. [229]-238

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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. This dictionary contains entries on every aspect of Celtic myth, religion and folklore in Britain and Europe between 500 BC and AD 400. In parallel with the findings of archaeological research, the testimony of Classical writers and the earliest recorded versions of the pagan oral traditions of Wales and Ireland provide us with a complete record of Celtic lore.

目次

Divinities * Festivals * Holy Places * Legendary Heroes * Mythological Beings * Natural Phenomena * Otherworld * Priests * Religious Concepts * Ritual * Sacred Animals * Sacrifice * Sites * Symbols

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA8623975X
• ISBN:
  • 0500279756
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: 240 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • DC20 : 293.13
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Mythology, Celtic -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : Celts -- Religion -- Dictionaries