"Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain's pagan history. These tales have been characterised by gods and fairies, folklore and magic. They have had an uncomfortable relationship with the scholarly world; often being seen as historically dubious, self-indulgent roma…
Imagining the Pagan Past explores stories of Britain's pagan history. These tales have been characterised by gods and fairies, folklore and magic. They have had an uncomfortable relationship with the scholarly world; often being seen as historically dubious, self-indulgent roman…
This volume is an illustrated guide to the mythological and legendary sites of Great Britain and Ireland. The author provides historical information, placing the myths and legends in their historical contexts. He then explains and describes each location and associates each with…
Myths determine the way cultures understand themselves. The papers in this volume examine culturally specific myths in Britain and the German-speaking world, and compare approaches to the theory of myth, together with the ways in which mythological formations operate in literatu…
Main description: Myths determine the way cultures understand themselves. The papers in this volume examine culturally specific myths in Britain and the German-speaking world, and compare approaches to the theory of myth, together with the ways in which mythological formations o…
Myths determine the way cultures understand themselves. The papers in this volume examine culturally specific myths in Britain and the German-speaking world, and compare approaches to the theory of myth, together with the ways in which mythological formations operate in literatu…
Mythen bedingen das Selbstverständnis von Kulturen. Die Beiträge zu diesem Band untersuchen kulturspezifische Mythen in Britannien und im deutschsprachigen Raum, vergleichen mythentheoretische Ansätze sowie literarische und ästhetisch-politische Wirkungsweisen mythologischer For…