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Author: Paul E. Kennedy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 9
ISBN-13: 0486288900
DOWNLOAD EBOOK6 sturdy and unusual designs for decorative uses by children and adults: human face, horse's head, mythical creature, 3 more.
Author: John G. Merne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2001-12-01
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780486419602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEven the most elaborate Celtic pattern boils down to a few basic motifs (including spirals, swastikas, circles, "s" curves, knots, tau crosses, sun signs, etc.). This lavishly illustrated handbook of over 600 designs offers a key to the intricacies of Celtic decoration, showing how the judicious use of these simple symbols, motifs, or ideographs can be used to develop newer and more ambitious patterns to meet the requirements of modern decorative art. Over 600 black-and-white illus.
Author: Martin Wallace
Publisher: Church House Pub
Published: 1998-01
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780715149065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides material that can be used for private meditation or public worship. This book spans the whole breadth of Celtic Christianity - from liturgies and prayers to the stories of Celtic saints and Celtic artwork. It includes liturgies for different times of the day, for personal use at home or in larger groups; liturgies for different occasions, for example baptism, marriages and funerals; prayers for at home, at work or on pilgrimage; stories from the saints; artistic activities, including Celtic crosses and stitching patterns; and practical advice on planning pilgrimages.
Author: T. D. Kendrick
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780486427195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWell-documented summary of Druidic culture offers a detailed account of the racial history, prehistory, and social atmosphere of this early Gallic and British civilization. The amply illustrated text considers many theories of the origin of Druidism, its temples and religious practices, and its early mention by Greek and Roman writers.
Author: Charles Squire
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-01-16
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 0486122093
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSplendid compilation of tales ranges from Arthurian myth to less-familiar adventures, such as Finn and his Fenians, plus many other heroic figures from the Gaelic pantheon.
Author: J. Romilly Allen
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780486416083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClassic of scholarly research explores origins of Celtic art in Britain, Ireland, and Europe. Illustrated with 44 plates of photographs and line drawings of artifacts from a variety of sites, this study traces Celtic art in the Bronze and early Iron Ages, as well as Celtic art of the Christian period.
Author: Martin Wallace
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780715141861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Celtic Resource Book provides a wealth of material that can be used for private meditation or public worship. Revised and with a new cover, it spans the whole breadth of Celtic Christianity - from the liturgies and prayers, to the stories of Celtic saints and Celtic artwork. A highly practical resource book for all clergy, worship and home group leaders, it includes: liturgies for different times of the day, for personal use at home or in larger groups liturgies for different occasions, for example baptism, marriages and funerals, and also for major festivals, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and Harvest prayers for use at home, at work and on pilgrimage stories from the saints, which can be used as meditations at home or in house groups artistic activities, including Celtic crosses and stitching patterns practical advice on planning pilgrimages to many different sites other resources
Author: Marie-Louise Sjoestedt
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-05-10
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 0486115887
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNoted French scholar and linguist discusses gods of the continental Celts, beginnings of mythology in Ireland, Irish mother-goddesses and chieftain-gods, and heroes.
Author: Lady Gregory
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2001-03-21
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780486417172
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnthralling accounts of the legendary Cuchulain, the greatest of ancient Ireland's Knights of the Red Branch, tell of his birth and boyhood deeds, exploits in love and war, and premature death, all in the same beautifully simple style Lady Gregory first heard them as a child. Preface by W. B. Yeats.
Author: John Arnott MacCulloch
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780486427652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis classic study by a distinguished scholar, first published in 1911, builds upon the surviving texts of the ancient Celtic religion, as well as current folk customs. Topics include nature worship and customs related to the culture of the dead, including rites of rebirth and transmigration.
