The Otherworld Voyage in Early Irish Literature: An Anthology of CriticismFour Courts Press, 2000 - 289 oldal Nineteen articles provide a critical overview of the voyage genre in early Irish literature. It was a time when tales of journeys to an otherworld or paradise were common, evoking a powerful vision of the Irish as pilgrims and exiles. The widely scattered and often obscurely published secondary lite |
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87. oldal
... druid is left unnamed , was probably conceived of as an elderly woman : she had been a lover of Bran's father , Febul ( §5 ) . She had outlived him and her best memories were of the period of his rule ( §6 ) ; in the latter days of the ...
... druid is left unnamed , was probably conceived of as an elderly woman : she had been a lover of Bran's father , Febul ( §5 ) . She had outlived him and her best memories were of the period of his rule ( §6 ) ; in the latter days of the ...
204. oldal
... druid for advice on the future , and in one legal text , the druid's status is enhanced by his ability to provide victory in battle.48 All is prepared , in the text and the reader's mind , for the revenge of Máel Dúin . But the druid's ...
... druid for advice on the future , and in one legal text , the druid's status is enhanced by his ability to provide victory in battle.48 All is prepared , in the text and the reader's mind , for the revenge of Máel Dúin . But the druid's ...
205. oldal
... druids and violent men : the best time and means for a successful raid are plotted by the druid . We can also , if we look carefully , see Máel Dúin's motives in his attempted vengeance : he is egged on all the time by taunts , about ...
... druids and violent men : the best time and means for a successful raid are plotted by the druid . We can also , if we look carefully , see Máel Dúin's motives in his attempted vengeance : he is egged on all the time by taunts , about ...
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