Religion in Britain from the megaliths to Arthur : an archaeological and mythological exploration / Robin Melrose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melrose, Robin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mabinogion.

Welsh literature--To 1550--History and criticism.

Welsh literature.

Great Britain--Religion--To 449.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Antiquities, Roman.

Great Britain--History--Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Drawing on archaeological discoveries and medieval Welsh texts like the Mabinogion, this book explores the religious beliefs of the ancient Britons before the coming of Christianity, beginning with the megaliths and the role they played in prehistoric astronomy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface: Routes to the Past ; Introduction: Celts, Druids and the Age of Arthur ; 1: The Age of Megaliths (1): Stone Monuments and Neolithic Astronomy ; 2: The Age of Megaliths (2): Rich Burials and More Astronomy in the Early Bronze Age; 3: The Age of Depositions (1): Water, Fire and Earth in the Late Bronze Age

4: The Age of Depositions (2): The Sky God and Iron Age Hillforts 5: The Age of Depositions (3): Chariot Burials, Lunar Eclipses and Wooden Buckets in the Later Iron Age; 6: The Romans in Britain: Roman Gods and British Gods, Roman Burials and Decapitated Burials; 7: The Beginnings of the Age of Arthur: Arthur the Bear-Man; 8: Arthur in the Underworld ; 9: Arthur the Witch-Slayer, Warrior and King; 10: Arthur and the Early Medieval World: Holy Islands and the Arthurian Cycle in Cornwall

11: Druids and the Early Medieval World: the Bear-Druid of Welsh MythologyChapter Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-2426-7