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200 10$aGods, heroes & kings $ethe battle for mythic Britain /$fChristopher R. Fee with David A. Leeming
210   $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2001
215   $a1 online resource (257 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-517403-8 
311   $a0-19-984986-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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
330   $aThe 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
606   $aMythology, British
606   $aChristianity and other religions$zGreat Britain
606   $aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism
606   $aBritish literature$xHistory and criticism
606   $aMythology, Celtic$zGreat Britain
615  0$aMythology, British.
615  0$aChristianity and other religions
615  0$aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aBritish literature$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aMythology, Celtic
676   $a820.9/15
700   $aFee$b Christopher R.$01677376
702   $aLeeming$b David Adams$f1937-
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