Ireland's immortals : a history of the gods of Irish myth /

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Ireland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in both the nation's languages, the book describes how Ireland's pagan divinities were transformed into literary...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, M. A. (Mark Andrew), 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Mythology, Celtic > Ireland.
Mythologie celtique > Irlande.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Mythology, Celtic.
Religion.
Ireland > Religion > History.
Irlande > Religion > Histoire.
Ireland.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hidden beginnings: from cult to conversion
  • Earthly gods: pagan deities, Christian meanings
  • Divine culture: exemplary gods and the mythological cycle
  • New mythologies: pseudohistory and the lore of poets
  • Vulnerability and grace: the Finn cycle
  • Damaged gods: the late Middle Ages
  • The imagination of the country: towards a national Pantheon
  • Danaan mysteries: occult nationalism and the divine forms
  • Highland divinities: the Celtic revival in Scotland
  • Coherence and canon: the fairy faith and the east
  • Gods of the gap: a world mythology
  • Artgods.

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