03020nam 2200745Ia 450 991097485680332120250304161402.09780203023563020302356097802032727250203272722978113466531011346653189781280333668128033366997811346653271134665326(CKB)1000000000247791(EBL)168800(OCoLC)76898522(SSID)ssj0000288843(PQKBManifestationID)12097109(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288843(PQKBWorkID)10382992(PQKB)11526701(MiAaPQ)EBC168800(PPN)183034864(EXLCZ)99100000000024779119981020d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnimals in Celtic life and myth /Miranda GreenLondon ;New York Routledge19981 online resource (304 p.)"First published in paperback 1998"--T.p. verso.9780415050302 0415050308 Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; THE NATURAL WORLD OF THE CELTS; FOOD AND FARMING: ANIMALS IN THE CELTIC ECONOMY; PREY AND PREDATOR: THE CELTIC HUNTER; ANIMALS AT WAR; SACRIFICE AND RITUAL; THE ARTIST'S MENAGERIE; ANIMALS IN THE EARLIEST CELTIC STORIES; GOD AND BEAST; CHANGING ATTITUDES TO THE ANIMAL WORLD; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAnimals played a crucial role in many aspects of Celtic life: in the economy, hunting, warfare, art, literature and religion. Such was their importance to this society, that an intimate relationship between humans and animals developed, in which the Celts believed many animals to have divine powers. In Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Green draws on evidence from early Celtic documents, archaeology and iconography to consider the manner in which animals formed the basis of elaborate rituals and beliefs. She reveals that animals were endowed with an extremely high status, consiCeltsDomestic animalsCeltsHuntingCeltsFolkloreAnimals, MythicalAnimals, Mythical, in artMythology, CelticCeltsDomestic animals.CeltsHunting.CeltsAnimals, Mythical.Animals, Mythical, in art.Mythology, Celtic.398.24398.245Aldhouse-Green Miranda J(Miranda Jane)156170MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974856803321Animals in celtic life and myth469747UNINA