Author : Sioned Davies
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 44,1 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
"The subjects covered are: the symbolic horse in pagan Celtic Europe; horses in the early historic period; words for 'horse' in the Celtic languages; the horse in the Welsh law texts; horses in medieval Welsh court poetry; the evidence of the Triads of the Horses; horses in the Mabinogion; poems of request and thanks for horses; the horse in Welsh folklore." --from back cover.
Author : Adele Von Rust McCormick
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 2010-09-24
Category : Pets
ISBN : 1577317394
On a trip to Scotland, the psychotherapist family team of Adele, Deborah, and Thomas McCormick — pioneers in the psychotherapeutic use of horses — discovered that early Celtic mysticism held important insights into an equestrian-partnered spirituality. The McCormicks show how to integrate this spirituality with psychology, forming a new, powerful form of healing. Horses and the Mystical Path recounts their memorable journey and the lessons they learned from their amazing equine guides.
Author : Pita Kelekna
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 11,33 MB
Release : 2009-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0521516595
This book assesses the impact of the horse on human society from 4000 BC to 2000 AD, by first describing initial horse domestication on the Pontic-Caspian steppes and the early development of driving and riding technologies. It traces the radiation of newly mobile equestrian cultures across Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It then documents the transmission of steppe chariotry and cavalry to sedentary states, the high economic importance of the horse, and the socio-political evolution of equestrian empires, which from antiquity into the modern era expanded across continents.
Author : Anastasija Ropa
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 39,89 MB
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1501513788
This volume provides a unique introduction to the most topical issues, advances, and challenges in medieval horse history. Medievalists who have a long-standing interest in horse history, as well as those seeking to widen their understanding of horses in medieval society will find here informed and comprehensive treatment of chapters from disciplines as diverse as archaeology, legal, economic and military history, urban and rural history, art and literature. The themes range from case studies of saddles and bridles, to hippiatric treatises, to the medieval origins of dressage literary studies. It shows the ubiquitous – and often ambiguous – role of the horse in medieval culture, where it was simultaneously a treasured animal and a means of transport, a military machine and a loyal companion. The contributors, many of whom have practical knowledge of horses, are drawn from established and budding scholars working in their areas of expertise.
Author :
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781402737725
"Experience the magical world of Irish storytelling where many remarkable characters await you: a king with a mysterious secret, brave warriors famous for their strength, a clever leprechaun who outwits humans, and many more"--Front dust jacket flap.
Author : Kathryn Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1137434805
Animals in Irish Literature and Culture spans the early modern period to the present, exploring colonial, post-colonial, and globalized manifestations of Ireland as country and state as well as the human animal and non-human animal migrations that challenge a variety of literal and cultural borders.
Author : John T. Koch
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,39 MB
Release : 2005-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781851094400
This encyclopedia covers the entirety of the Celtic world, both through time and across geography. Although emphasizing the areas where Celtic languages and traditions survive into the present, the work does not slight the reaches of the Celtic empire, which was the largest language and cultural group on earth prior to the rise of Rome. In some 1,500 articles, many representing original research by the finest Celtic scholars, the work covers the Celts from prehistory to the present, giving comprehensive treatment to all topics from myth to music, religion to rulers, literature to language, government to games, and all topics in between.
Author : Harold B. Barclay
Publisher : London ; New York : J.A. Allen
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,11 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : James MacKillop
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0141941391
Myths and Legends of the Celts is a fascinating and wide-ranging introduction to the mythology of the peoples who inhabited the northwestern fringes of Europe - from Britain and the Isle of Man to Gaul and Brittany. Drawing on recent historical and archaeological research, as well as literary and oral sources, the guide looks at the gods and goddesses of Celtic myth; at the nature of Celtic religion, with its rituals of sun and moon worship; and at the druids who served society as judges, diviners and philosophers. It also examines the many Celtic deities who were linked with animals and such natural phenomena as rivers and caves, or who later became associated with local Christian saints. And it explores in detail the rich variety of Celtic myths: from early legends of King Arthur to the stories of the Welsh Mabinogi, and from tales of heroes including Cúchulainn, Fionn mac Cumhaill and the warrior queen Medb to tales of shadowy otherworlds - the homes of spirits and fairies. What emerges is a wonderfully diverse and fertile tradition of myth making that has captured the imagination of countless generations, introduced and explained here with compelling insight.
Author : Augusto Azzaroli
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 19,53 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004072336
