Enchanted Wales: Myth and Magic in Welsh Storytelling
Autor Miranda Aldhouse-Greenen Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 apr 2024
The magical world of Welsh mythology deserves to be better known outside its homeland. With its cast of heroes and tricksters, animals that can talk and change shape, and magicians and witches who can bring disaster or triumph to the people in their paths, Enchanted Wales brings the vibrant worlds of Welsh mythology to a wider audience and explores both their physical and ethereal origins. Voyage through the key stories of Welsh literature, exploring not just their medieval texts but also their ancient roots, which can be glimpsed in sculptures, carvings, and other artifacts from at least a thousand years earlier. A skillful storyteller, Miranda Aldhouse-Green, guides readers through this weird, wonderful, and Narnia-like world of dreams. Tales of witches, magicians, heroes, and villains are more than just epic entertainment, as they challenge readers to explore the human questions of life and death, war and peace, and good and evil.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781915279187
ISBN-10: 1915279186
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: 10 halftones
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: University of Wales Press
Colecția Calon
ISBN-10: 1915279186
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: 10 halftones
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: University of Wales Press
Colecția Calon
Notă biografică
Miranda Aldhouse-Green is professor emeritus at Cardiff University. She has lectured at academic institutions including the Smithsonian Institution and the Universities of Toronto, Melbourne, Utrecht, and Umeå.
Cuprins
Pronunciation Guide
Foretaste: Myths and Mythmakers
Chapter 1: Opening the Door on the Welsh Myths
Chapter 2: Gods and Heroes
Chapter 3: Fabulous Beasts and Shape-Shifters
Chapter 4: Otherworlds and Immortality
Chapter 5: Capricious Cauldrons and Burnished Bowls
Chapter 6: Goddesses, Witches and Shamed Women
Chapter 7: Magic Numbers and Mythic Colours
Chapter 8: Love, Marriage and Sacral Kingship
Afterglow: Mythscapes and Deep Roots
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Foretaste: Myths and Mythmakers
Chapter 1: Opening the Door on the Welsh Myths
Chapter 2: Gods and Heroes
Chapter 3: Fabulous Beasts and Shape-Shifters
Chapter 4: Otherworlds and Immortality
Chapter 5: Capricious Cauldrons and Burnished Bowls
Chapter 6: Goddesses, Witches and Shamed Women
Chapter 7: Magic Numbers and Mythic Colours
Chapter 8: Love, Marriage and Sacral Kingship
Afterglow: Mythscapes and Deep Roots
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Recenzii
"The Welsh mythical tales, first written down by clerics in the Middle Ages, preserve vivid narratives told and retold by travelling storytellers over many centuries before. In this delightful book, the author explains the cultural and social background from which the stories come, going back to the Roman period and the Iron Age. Everything is here, severed heads, boar cults, magic cauldrons and shape-shifting. This is a fascinating, scholarly analysis made accessible to all."