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Rethinking the Ancient Druids
ISBN-13:
9781786837998
Veröffentl:
2021
Seiten:
224
Autor:
Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Serie:
New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Ancient Classical authors have painted the Druids in a bad light, defining them as a barbaric priesthood, who 2,000 years ago perpetrated savage and blood rites in ancient Britain and Gaul in the name of their gods. Archaeology tells a different and more complicated story of this enigmatic priesthood, a theocracy with immense political and sacred power. This book explores the tangible 'footprint' the Druids have left behind: in sacred spaces, art, ritual equipment, images of the gods, strange burial rites and human sacrifice. Their material culture indicates how close was the relationship between Druids and the spirit-world, which evidence suggests they accessed through drug-induced trance.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPrefacePROLOGUE: The untouched CaveCH. 1: Time and Space: contextualizing Druids in the ancient worldCH. 2: Barbarians and Wise Men: rethinking Classical textsCH. 3: Spiritual Spaces: rites and beliefs in Iron Age Britain and GaulCH. 4: Images and Symbols: sacred art and the DruidsCH. 5: Welsh Connections: spotlight on Druidic WalesCH. 6: A Holy War: Boudica and the Druids against RomeCH. 7: Reading Runes and Telling Spoons: divining the divineCH. 8: Druids and Deities: changing spirits in Roman Gaul and BritainCH. 9: Ideas of Afterlife: death, burial and reincarnationEPILOGUE: The Untouched Cave RevisitedBIBLIOGRAPHY
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