Gods, Heroes, and Kings The Battle for Mythic Britain

Name: Gods, Heroes, and Kings The Battle for Mythic Britain
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ISBN: 9780195134797

ISBN-10: 0195134796

ISBN-13: 9780195134797

Edition: 2001

Authors: Christopher R. Fee, David A. Leeming

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The islands of Britain have been a crossroads of gods, heroes, and kings-those of flesh as well as those of myth-for thousands of years. Successive waves of invasion brought distinctive legends, rites, and beliefs. The ancient Celts displaced earlier indigenous peoples, only to find themselves displaced in turn by the Romans, who then abandoned the islands to Germanic tribes, a people themselves nearly overcome in time by an influx of Scandinavians. With each wave of invaders came a battle for the mythic mind of the Isles as the newcomer's belief system met with the existing systems of gods, legends, and myths. In Gods, Heroes, and Kings, medievalist Christopher Fee and veteran myth…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/18/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.90" wide x 6.10" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 2.860
Language: English



Introduction



The Pantheons



Deity Types



Sacred Objects and Places



Heroes and Heroines



Creation and Apocalypse



The Sagas


Conclusion: Five Reflections of the Face of the Hero in the Medieval English Romance - Trials, Tribulations, and Transformative Quests


Further Reading


Bibliography


Index