In search of the awesome mystery : lore of megalithic, celtic and christian ireland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ó Duinn, Seán.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celts--Religion.

Celts.

Celts--Folklore.

Physical Description:

311 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Columba Press, 2011.

Summary:

A masterly overview of the stories, places, images, traditions and continuing practices spanning religious living in Ireland from the earliest times. It contains explorations of the early megalithic sites like Brú na Bóinne, the enchanted lake of Loch Gur, midsummer fires at St John's Eve, and fascinating insights into the mindset and attitudes of the people of Ireland from long before Celtic Spirituality came on the scene until the present day where remnants and survivals of those earlier times can still be discerned among the people. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 God, the Awesome 7

2 The Death and Re-Birth of the Corn 46

3 Lughnasa Rites of Wensleydale 55

4 Lough Gur: Enchanted Lake 73

5 Midsummer Fires on St John's Eve 90

6 The Mystery of Fire and Water 109

7 The Tradition of the Three Sisters 131

8 The Age of the Megaliths 147

9 Man and Nature 167

10 The Cosmic Wedding 187

11 Brú na Bóinne and the Ancestors 211

12 The Constellation of the Swan 230

13 Psychomachia, Spiritual War 257

14 The Defence Prayer Tradition 274

15 Ancient Religions of Ireland 287

16 A Guided Tour of the Otherworld 298.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1856077454

9781856077453

OCLC:

779883580

Publisher Number:

99947649090