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Autore |
Fee Christopher R. |
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Titolo |
Gods, heroes & kings : the battle for mythic Britain / / Christopher R. Fee with David A. Leeming |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-34699-3 |
1-60256-511-2 |
9786611346997 |
0-19-803878-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mythology, British |
Christianity and other religions - Great Britain |
Literature, Medieval - History and criticism |
British literature - History and criticism |
Mythology, Celtic - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; THE MYTHS; 1. The Pantheons; 2. Deity Types; 3. Sacred Objects and Places; 4. Heroes and Heroines; 5. Creation and Apocalypse; 6. The Sagas; Conclusion: Five Reflections of the Face of the Hero in the Medieval English Romance-Trials, Tribulations, and Transformative Quests; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The islands of Britain have been a crossroads of gods, heroes, and kings-those of flesh as well as those of myth-for thousands of years. Successive waves of invasion brought distinctive legends, rites, and beliefs. The ancient Celts displaced earlier indigenous peoples, only to find themselvesdisplaced in turn by the Romans, who then abandoned the islands to Germanic tribes, a people themselves nearly overcome in time by an influx of Scandinavians. With each wave of invaders came a battle for the mythic mind of the Isles as the newcomer's belief system met with the existing systems ofgods, leg |
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