Research Catalog

Title

In search of the awesome mystery : lore of megalithic, celtic and christian ireland.

Author

Ó Duinn, Seán.

Publication

Dublin : Columba Press, 2011.

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Description

311 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"[O]verview of the stories, places, images, traditions and continuing practices spanning religious living in Ireland from the earliest times. It contains explorations of the early megalithic sites like Brú na Bóinne, the enchanted lake of Loch Gur, midsummer fires at St. John's Eve, and fascinating insights into the mindset and attitudes of the people of Ireland from long before Celtic Spirituality came on the scene ..."--Page 4 of cover.

Subject

• Celts > Folklore
• Celts > Religion
• Ireland > Religion

Genre/Form

Folklore

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1 God, the Awesome 7 -- 2 The Death and Re-Birth of the Corn 46 -- 3 Lughnasa Rites of Wensleydale 55 -- 4 Lough Gur: Enchanted Lake 73 -- 5 Midsummer Fires on St John's Eve 90 -- 6 The Mystery of Fire and Water 109 -- 7 The Tradition of the Three Sisters 131 -- 8 The Age of the Megaliths 147 -- 9 Man and Nature 167 -- 10 The Cosmic Wedding 187 -- 11 Brú na Bóinne and the Ancestors 211 -- 12 The Constellation of the Swan 230 -- 13 Psychomachia, Spiritual War 257 -- 14 The Defence Prayer Tradition 274 -- 15 Ancient Religions of Ireland 287 -- 16 A Guided Tour of the Otherworld 298.

ISBN

• 1856077454
• 9781856077453

LCCN

^^2012379969

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library