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Animals in Celtic life and myth / / Miranda Green



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Autore: Green Amanda J Visualizza persona
Titolo: Animals in Celtic life and myth / / Miranda Green Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
Disciplina: 398.24
398.245
Soggetto topico: Celts - Domestic animals
Celts - Hunting
Celts
Animals, Mythical
Animals, Mythical, in art
Mythology, Celtic
Note generali: "First published in paperback 1998"--T.p. verso.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-273) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Animals 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, consi
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ISBN: 0-203-02356-0
0-203-27272-2
1-134-66531-8
1-280-33366-9
1-134-66532-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828856903321
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