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Werewolves, Magical Hounds, and Dog-headed Men in Celtic Literature [electronic resource] : A Typological Study of Shape-Shifting
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernhardt-House, Phillip A.
- Bernhardt-House, Phillip A., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Celtic literature--History and criticism.
- Shapeshifting.
- Werewolves in literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Celtic literature--History and criticism.
- Shapeshifting.
- Werewolves in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (518 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is a typological study of canids and canid imagery in Medieval Celtic cultures. It explores texts ranging from early Irish legal tracts and heroic narrative to exempla from Welsh, Breton, and later Scottish sources.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter One:Introduction: The Candid Question; Celtic Canids: The Status Quaestionis; Outline and Methodology; Chapter Two: Celtic Canids: Ordinary, Renowned and Monstrous; Canids: Ordinary; Canids:Noteworthy; Canids: Monstrous; Conclusions; Chapter Three: Canids in Serial Shapeshifting; Serial Shapeshifting in Wales; Serial Shapeshifting in Ireland; Late Instances of Serial Shapeshifting in Scotland and Brittany
- Chapter Four: Celtic Lycanthropy, Cyanthropy, and Other Canid TherioanthropiesMetaphorical werewolves; Constitutional Werewolves; ""The Werewolf's Tale""; Transformation by Spell or Curse; The ""Threat of Werewolves""; Chapter Five: Cynocephali, Cynocephaloids and Other Mutts; Cynocephali: An Introduction; ""Doghead""; ""Dogheads""; ""Dog's Heads""; Conclusions; Chapter Six: Conclusion; Appendix One: Canid Terms and Elements in Personal Names; Appendix Two: Celtic Canids in Archaeology, Classical Sources, and Iconography; Appendix Three: Celtic Canids in Legal Sources
- Appendix Four: The Hounds of the FiannaAppendix Five: Edition of ""Conceand ingi Cathbaidh caim"" with Provisional Translation; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1212-3
- OCLC:
- 801363503
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