Wales is a Celtic country and the Celts have always treasured oral learning and recitation. Indeed they have a passion for committing facts to memory rather than relying on the written word. This title covers legends associated with place-names, calendar customs, giants and monster, omens and second sight, and folk healing and herbal remedies
Autorentext
Dr ANNE ROSS was one of Britain's leading Celtic scholars. Her seminal work was Pagan Celtic Britain and she authored three other titles published by The History Press.
Inhalt
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Folk narrative
- 3 Calendar customs
- 4 Medieval references to archaic Welsh folklore
- 5 The Church and the oral tradition in Wales
- 6 Severed heads, saints, sacred waters and stones
- 7 Giants, water monsters and inhabitants of the Otherworld
- 8 Omens, second sight and seers
- 9 Folk healing, herbal remedies and charms
- 10 Fairies, supernatural birds and animals
- 11 The declining years: summary and conclusion
- Bibliography
Titel
Folklore of Wales
Autor
EAN
9780750952460
ISBN
978-0-7509-5246-0
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
01.09.2001
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
10.48 MB
Anzahl Seiten
160
Jahr
2001
Untertitel
Englisch
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