| The Gods of the Celts Contributor(s): Green, Miranda Aldhouse (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750934794 ISBN-13: 9780750934794 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $21.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 Annotation: Fascinating book about the Celts and their religion, which covers all aspects of the gods, ritual customs, cult-objects and sacred places of the ancient Celtic people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland |
| Dewey: 299.16 |
| LCCN: 2012462622 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.08" W x 7.7" (0.49 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This fascinating overview of Celts and their religion covers all aspects of the gods, ritual customs, cult-objects, and sacred places of the ancient Celtic peoples Covering 500 BC to AD 400, and embracing the whole of the Celtic world from Ireland to Australia, this rewarding overview of the evidence for Celtic religions, beliefs, and practices uses modern scholarship to bring an obscure, but captivating part of European history to life. First, this it introduces the Celts and the evidence they have left behind, and places them in their geographical and chronological context. It then covers the various cults of the sun and the sky; the mother-goddesses and fertility; war, death and the underworld; water gods and healers; animals and animism; and symbolism and imagery. |