Celtic Curses
Author: Bernard Thomas Mees
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFull analysis of ancient and medieval expressions of Celtic cursing, using evidence ranging from magical charms to curse tablets.
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The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore
Author: Patricia Monaghan
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2014-05-14
Total Pages: 529
ISBN-13: 1438110375
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents an illustrated A to Z reference containing over 1,000 entries providing information on Celtic myths, fables and legends from Ireland, Scotland, Celtic Britain, Wales, Brittany, central France, and Galicia.
Living and Cursing in the Roman West
Author: Stuart McKie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-03-10
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1350103012
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing on the Roman west, this book examines the rituals of cursing, their cultural contexts, and their impact on the lives of those who practised them. A huge number of Roman curse tablets have been discovered, showing their importance for helping ancient people to cope with various aspects of life. Curse tablets have been relatively neglected by archaeologists and historians. This study not only encourages greater understanding of the individual practice of curse rituals but also reveals how these objects can inform ongoing debates surrounding power, agency and social relationships in the Roman provinces. McKie uses new theoretical models to examine the curse tablets and focuses particularly on the concept of 'lived religion'. This framework reconfigures our understanding of religious and magical practices, allowing much greater appreciation of them as creative processes. Our awareness of the lived experiences of individuals is also encouraged by the application of theoretical approaches from sensory and material turns and through the consideration of comparable ritual practices in modern social contexts. These stimulate new questions of the ancient evidence, especially regarding the motives and motivations behind the curses.
Naughty Little Book of Gaelic
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
Published: 2014-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781927492734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScottish Highlanders, and their descendants all over the world, are no better and no worse than any other people where "sinful" behaviour is concerned. Standards of morality and social conventions changed dramatically during the 19th century - and most of the people engaged in recording and commenting upon Highland life and tradition were puritanical ministers and priests who left out the racy bits. So, while there are many useful books that provide a wide range of Scottish Gaelic vocabulary to express many aspects of daily life - except, for the most part, the topics covered in this book.
Understanding Celtic Religion
Author:
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2015-11-20
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1783167939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocused in scope, and emphasizes methodological aspects of Celtic scholarship. This collection of original essays illuminates the importance of theoretical considerations in the study of early medieval sources.
Celtic Visions
Author: Caitlin Matthews
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 1780282729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough prayers, chants, and practical exercises, Celtic Visions teaches readers how to tap into their inner spiritual power, enabling them to experience heightened perception and open portals to other realms of existence. Drawn from ancient Gaelic and Welsh sources, this visionary guide reveals the truth behind the prophetic visions of the druids and seers. It explains their methods for communicating with the Otherworld through omens and fairy lore and explores the Celtic gift of "second sight"—the ability to perceive both the visible and the invisible aspects of reality.
Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early Medieval Celtic World
Author: Professor Jonathan Wooding
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Published: 2020-03-02
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1743326955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProphecy, Fate and Memory in the Early and Medieval Celtic World brings together a collection of studies that closely explore aspects of culture and history of Celtic-speaking nations. Non-narrative sources and cross-disciplinary approaches shed new light on traditional questions concerning commemoration,sources of political authority, and the nature of religious identity. Leading scholars and early-career researchers bring to bear hermeneutics from studies of religion and literary criticism alongside more traditional philological and historical methodologies. All the studies in this book bring to their particular tasks an acknowledgement of the importance of religion in the worldview of antiquity and the Middle Ages. Their approaches reflect a critical turn in Celtic studies that has proved immensely productive across the last two decades.
Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World
Author: John G. Gager
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780195134827
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor the first time text from tablets have been translated into English with substantial translator's introduction revealing the cultural, social and historical context for these spells and tablets of the ancient world.
Curse of the Amber
Author: Kathryn Troy
Publisher: CityOwl+ORM
Published: 2019-05-28
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1949090353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn archaeologist unearths a cursed, ancient Roman and draws the ire of an evil witch in this romantic urban fantasy from the author of A Vision in Crimson. Quintus is a dutiful son and soldier, sent to Britannia to improve his marriage prospects and ensure the Druids never rise again. Roman soldiers destroyed the last Druid stronghold in a battle of blood and fire. So, he never expects to be sacrificed to their sacred bog, trapped forever by the gods below. Two thousand years later, Asenath Hayes discovers the most well-preserved body in history. And the last thing she needs is for him to wake up. As the young archaeologist delves into Druidic rituals to grasp why Quintus was offered to a Welsh bog and then resurrected, she is forced to complete her research with the "missing" body, dodge her ex-lover and mentor with his own agenda, and keep her gorgeous new houseguest under wraps. But, smitten with her as he seems, Quintus says he wants to go home. Asenath is drawn to Quintus by the secrets they share, even if it scares her. As Asenath is pulled deeper into the mysteries of the bog, she must risk everything to keep him from hell's cold grasp as she uncovers forbidden rites, awakened deities, and an attraction that transcends the ages.
