CELTIC HERITAGE PA

Alwyn Rees

ISBN 10: 0500270392 / ISBN 13: 9780500270394

Published by Thames & Hudson May 1989, 1989

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Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CELTIC HERITAGE PA
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson May 1989
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500270392
• ISBN 13: 9780500270394
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good - Cash
• Seller catalogs:
  • World History

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Synopsis

In this widely acclaimed study, Alwyn and Brinley Ress reinterpret Celtic tradition in the light of advances made in the comparative study of religion, mythology and anthropology. Part One considers the distinguishing features of the various Cycle of tales and the personages who figure most prominently in them. Part Two reveals the cosmological framework within which the action of the tales takes place. Part Three consists of a discussion of the themes of certain classes of stories which tell of Conceptions and Births, Supernatural Adventures, Courtships and Marriages, Violent Deaths and Voyages to the Other World, and an attempt is made to understand their religious function and glimpse their transcendent meaning.