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Gods, heroes, & kings : the battle for Mythic Britain / / Christopher R. Fee with David A. Leeming



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Autore: Fee Christopher R Visualizza persona
Titolo: Gods, heroes, & kings : the battle for Mythic Britain / / Christopher R. Fee with David A. Leeming Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9/15
Soggetto topico: British literature - History and criticism
Christianity and other religions - Great Britain
Literature, Medieval - History and criticism
Mythology, British
Altri autori: LeemingDavid Adams <1937->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-230) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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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ISBN: 0-19-029170-2
1-281-34699-3
1-60256-511-2
9786611346997
0-19-803878-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813888403321
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