| Animals in Celtic Life and Myth Revised Edition Contributor(s): Green, Miranda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415185882 ISBN-13: 9780415185882 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: For the Celts, a rural people whose survival depended solely upon their environment, natural phenomena, the elements, and animals, especially, merited their extreme respect. The Celts made both wild and domesticated species the focus of elaborate rituals as well as the basis of profound religious beliefs. "Animals in Celtic Life and Myth" examines the intimate relationship between humans and animals, in a society in which animals were special and central to all aspects of life. Miranda Green draws on evidence from a variety of early Celtic documents, as well as archaeology and iconography, revealing that the Celts believed many animals to be sacred, either possessing divine status in their own right or acting as mediators between gods and humans. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 398.2 |
| Lexile Measure: 1510 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.1" W x 9.27" (0.96 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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, considered by the Celts as worthy of respect and admiration. |