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Druids and druidism --- Druides et druidisme --- Religion celtique --- Celtes --- Europe --- Histoire --- Religion
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`The variety of subjects is awesome, as is the sustained iconography of their symbols and emblems. A work of major importance.' - Choice
Art, Celtic --- Gods, Celtic, in art. --- Symbolism in art. --- Allegory (Art) --- Signs and symbols in art --- Art --- Celtic art --- Christian art and symbolism --- Roman influences.
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Using archaeology and social anthropology, and more than 100 original line drawings and photographs, An Archaeology of Images takes a fresh look at how ancient images of both people and animals were used in the Iron Age and Roman societies of Europe, 600 BC to AD 400 and investigates the various meanings with which images may have been imbued.The book challenges the usual interpretation of statues, reliefs and figurines as passive things to be looked at or worshipped, and reveals them instead as active artefacts designed to be used, handled and broken. It is made clear that the placi
Art, Celtic. --- Symbolism in art. --- Iron age --- Allegory (Art) --- Signs and symbols in art --- Art --- Celtic art --- Christian art and symbolism
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Druids and druidism --- Gods, Celtic --- Celtic cults --- Celtic antiquities --- Celts --- Druides et druidisme --- Dieux celtiques --- Cultes celtiques --- Antiquités celtiques --- Celtes --- History. --- Religion --- Histoire --- Religion
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Sun worship --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Megalithic monuments --- Soleil --- Religion préhistorique --- Monuments mégalithiques --- Culte --- Europe --- Europe --- Religion --- Religion
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This book presents a new exploration of an ancient European Druids, people who could foretell the will of the gods and who left revealing archaeological evidence of their rites and beliefs.
Celtic antiquities. --- Druids and druidism. --- Excavations (Archaeology)
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The Concept of the Goddess explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures, including:* Celtic* Roman* Norse* Caucasian* Japanese traditions.The contributors explore the reasons for the existence of so many goddesses in the mythology of patriarchal societies and show that goddesses have also assumed more masculine roles, with war, hunting and sovereignty being equally important aspects of their cults.
Goddesses. --- Goddesses --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Mythology, Comparative --- Female gods --- Gods
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Animals played a crucial role in many aspects of Celtic life: in the economy, hunting, warfare, art, literature and religion. Such was their importance to this society, that an intimate relationship between humans and animals developed, in which the Celts believed many animals to have divine powers. In Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Green draws on evidence from early Celtic documents, archaeology and iconography to consider the manner in which animals formed the basis of elaborate rituals and beliefs. She reveals that animals were endowed with an extremely high status, consi
Animals, Mythical, in art. --- Animals, Mythical. --- Celts. --- Celts - Domestic animals. --- Mythology, Celtic. --- Celts --- Animals, Mythical --- Animals, Mythical, in art --- Mythology, Celtic --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Social Sciences --- Celtic mythology --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Celtic peoples --- Gaels --- Ethnology --- Indo-Europeans --- Alpine race --- Domestic animals --- Hunting --- Folklore --- Mythology --- Animals [Mythical ] --- Mythology [Celtic ] --- CELTS --- DOMESTIC ANIMALS
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Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Catalogs --- Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. --- Peterborough (England) --- Antiquities --- Catalogs.
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