Celtic Myth in the 21st Century

Emily Lyle

Description

This wide-ranging book contains twelve chapters by scholars who explore aspects of the fascinating field of Celtic mythology – from myth and the medieval to comparative mythology, and the new cosmological approach. Examples of the innovative research represented here lead the reader into an exploration of the possible use of hallucinogenic mushrooms in Celtic Ireland, to mental mapping in the interpretation of the Irish legend Táin Bó Cuailgne, and to the integration of established perspectives with broader findings now emerging at the Indo-European level and its potential to open up the whole field of mythology in a new way.

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction: Celtic Mythology in the 21st Century
Jonathan Wooding, Series Editor
Section 1: Myth and the Medieval
1. God and Gods in the Seventh Century: Tírechán on St Patrick and King Lóegaire’s Daughters - Elizabeth A. Gray
2. Time, Identity and the Otherworld: A Note on The Wooing of Étaín - John Carey
3. The Celtic Dragon Myth Revisited - Joseph F. Nagy
4. Tory Island and Mount Errigal: Landscape Surrogates in Donegal for the Gods Balor and Lug - Brian Lacey
Section 2: Comparative Mythology
5. Ireland as Mesocosm - Grigory Bondarenko
6. Hunting the Deer in Celtic and Indo-European Mythological Contexts - Maxim Fomin
7. Gods, Poets and Entheogens: Ingesting Wisdom in Early Irish Literary Sources - Sharon Paice MacLeod
8. The Armorican Voyage to the Afterlife and Celtic Myths - Fañch Bihan-Gallic
Section 3: The New Cosmological Approach
9. Towards Adopting a Double Perspective on Celtic Mythology and its Prehistoric Roots - Emily Lyle
10. Sisters’ Sons in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi - Anna June Pagé
11. Fashioners of the Cosmos in Ireland and India: The Dagda and Tvastr - John Shaw
12. Psycho-Cosmology: Mental Mapping in Táin Bó Cuailgne - James Carney
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Mythology
• Folklore

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 07 février 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786832061
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 51 Mo

Extrait

New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology

CELTIC MYTH IN THE ST 21 CENTURY

NEW APPROACHES TO CELTIC RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY

Series Editor Jonathan Wooding,University of Sydney

Editorial Board Jacqueline Borsje,University of Amsterdam John Carey,University College Cork Joseph F. Nagy,University of California, Los Angeles Thomas O’ Loughlin,University of Nottingham Katja Ritari,University of Helsinki

New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology

CELTIC MYTH IN THE ST 21 CENTURY

THE GODS AND THEIR STORIES I N A G L O B A L P E R S P E C T I V E

EDITED BY EMILY LYLE

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 2018

© The Contributors, 2018

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Preface List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations List of Contributors

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Introduction: Celtic Myth in the 21st Century Jonathan M. Wooding, Series Editor

SECTION 1: MYTH AND THE MEDIEVAL 1 God and Gods in the Seventh Century: Tírechán on St Patrick and King Lóegaire’s Daughters Elizabeth Gray

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Identity, Time and the Otherworld: An Observation on The Wooing Of Étaín John Carey

The Celtic Dragon Myth Revisited Joseph Falaky Nagy

Tory Island and Mount Errigal: Landscape Surrogates in Donegal for the Gods Balor and Lug Brian Lacey

SECTION 2: COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY 5 Ireland as Mesocosm Grigory Bondarenko

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Hunting the Deer in Celtic and Indo-European Mythological Contexts Maxim Fomin

Gods, Poets and Entheogens: Ingesting Wisdom in Early Irish Literary Sources Sharon Paice MacLeod

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The Armorican Voyage to the Afterlife and Celtic Myths Fañch Bihan-Gallic

SECTION 3: THE NEW COSMOLOGICAL APPROACH 9 Towards Adopting a Double Perspective on Celtic Mythology and its Prehistoric Roots Emily Lyle

10 Sisters’ Sons in the Fourth Branch of theMabinogi Anna June Pagé

11Fashioner Gods in Ireland and India: the Dagda and Tvaṣṭṛ John Shaw

12 Psycho-Cosmology: Mental Mapping inTáin Bó Cuailnge James Carney

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his publication stems from an initiative at the University of Edinburgh T begun when Professor Rob Dunbar became head of the department of Celtic and Scottish Studies in 2013. At that time, he encouraged the holding of a colloquium on ‘Thinking about Celtic Mythology in the 21st Century’, with a board consisting of Professor Dunbar, Professor Wilson McLeod, Dr John Shaw and myself. The ïrst colloquium was small but stimulating, and led to the holding of further colloquia on the same topic in 2014 and 2015. All the contributors to this volume, except Brian Lacey, attended one or more of these gatherings. When a call for contributions to this proposed publication was circu- lated, an advisory board was established, consisting of John Carey, Rob Dunbar, Elizabeth Gray, Barbara Hillers, John Koch, Wilson McLeod, Daniel Melia, Joseph Nagy, John Shaw and Jonathan Wooding, and I am grate- ful to all these scholars for their careful work. I am especially indebted to Elizabeth Gray, who advised on all the contributions, and to Wilson McLeod, who kindly undertook the burden of ïnal preparation. Happily, the University of Edinburgh initiative coincided with the establishment of the University of Wales Press series entitled ‘New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology’, under the editorship of Jonathan Wooding, and this book seemed to ïnd its natural place in that development. I should like to thank the members of the Press for their friendly help in the process of bringing the book to publication.

Emily Lyle, Editor

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGURE 4. 1  Cloch Cenn Fáelaid– the stone of Cenn Fáelad, Falcarragh, Co. Donegal

FIGURE 6. 1  Cernunnos, the antlered Celtic divinity, second century

FIGURE 6. 2  Stag God, Grandfontaine, Donon, third century

FIGURE 9. 1  The spatio-temporal structure of the Lyle 3-axis cosmological model

FIGURE 12. 1  The spatio-temporal structure of the Genesis narrative

TABLE 12. 1 eight semantic locations in the The Táin

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