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" Approaches to religion and mythology in Celtic studies / "
edited by Katja Ritari and Alexandra Bergholm.
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BL
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843334
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Approaches to religion and mythology in Celtic studies /\ edited by Katja Ritari and Alexandra Bergholm.
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Newcastle upon Tyne :: Cambridge Scholars Pub.,, 2008.
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1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages)
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128219237X
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: 1443808768
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: 1847185266
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: 9781282192379
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: 9781443808767
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: 9781847185266
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; PART I; FROM DAVID TO LABRAID; PURPLE REIGN; PROPHECY, STORYTELLING AND THE OTHERWORLD IN TOGAIL BRUIDNE DA DERGA; DEPICTING THE EVANGELISTS, DEFINING SACRED SPACE; LIBELLI ET COMMENTARII ALIORUM; PART II; DRUIDS, DEER AND "WORDS OF POWER"; BEYOND NARRATIVES; KING AND HERO; IRELAND'S "FIVE FIFTHS"-A NEW LOOK; PART III; THE NOTION OF "SACRED" IN LANGUAGE, HISTORY, CULTURE AND COGNITION; NEIMED-EXPLORING SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS AND SACREDNESS IN EARLY IRISH LEGAL SOURCES; "BETWIXT AND BETWEEN."
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THE THEOLOGY OF HOLINESS IN EARLY MEDIEVAL IRELANDCONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
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This publication is the first interdisciplinary collection of articles focusing on religion and mythology in Celtic studies. The first part presents various current viewpoints Otherin the field from scholars of history, art history and literary studies. In addition to more traditional approaches, the other two parts of the book illustrate the possibilities of applying new theories and methods from the discipline of Comparative Religion to the analysis of Celtic materials. They introduce previ ...
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Celtic Church.
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Mythology, Celtic.
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Celtic Church.
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Mythology, Celtic.
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RELIGION-- History.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Religious.
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299.1607 22 22
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BL900
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Bergholm, Alexandra.
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Ritari, Katja.
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