The Celtic World (Routledge Worlds)

Chapter Twenty-Two - One particular form of arm adornment is the barrel armband, made of bronze (occasionally gilded) or jet/l ...

Jewellery and Adornment - this material from Swiss cemeteries. One form of finger-ring is the 'bent' or elbow ring, characteri ...

Chapter Twenty-Two - of coral. Coral is also found in the bow, as occasionally is red opaque glass pressed into an S-shaped or ...

Jewellery and Adornment - In La Tene II and III the decorated belt-chain becomes much more widespread, and is worn by females ...

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PART VIII PAGAN CELTIC RELIGION .... --- ...

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE RITUAL AND THE DRUIDS --.... -- Anne Ross T he Lives of the Irish Saints are written in Latin and in early ...

Chapter Twenty-Three - 1969: 503ff.) a stranger approaches the king of Tara, County Meath, who is looking out over the country ...

Ritual and the Druids - Figure 23.1 Part of the cult tree, 2 ft 3/5 in (70 cm) high, of wood, bronze and gold leaf, found in 1 ...

Chapter Twenty-Three - while he was discriminated against in the medieval Irish laws, he was not ignored. An impressive exampl ...

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Chapter Twenty-Three - in the sacrifices, and like the other learned orders they were masters of poetry and the complex metres ...

Ritual and the Druids - used again in Britain, as far as we can tell, until a much later period. The word dry, probably from I ...

Chapter Twenty-Three - Taliesin (Bromwich and Williams 1972: 12-13). The poem ends with the words dysgogan derwydon meint a de ...

Ritual and the Druids - It is fitting to consider the rituals of the poets in the context of this chapter. As ].E. Caerwyn Wil ...

Chapter Twenty-Three - the Latin alphabet and consisting of strokes or notches which were cut into wood, bone or stone (McManu ...

Ritual and the Druids - disputes, and they obey the decisions and judgments of the Druids. It is believed their rule of life w ...

Chapter Twenty-Three - Lughnasa festival is commemorated in a long poem in the metrical Dindshenches, 'Stories about Important ...

Ritual and the Druids - The national nature of the assembly is here made clear, and the reference to the laws tallies well wit ...