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The Seer in Celtic and other traditions
- Title
- The Seer in Celtic and other traditions / edited by Hilda Ellis Davidson.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : John Donald Publishers, ©1989.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Davidson, H. R. Ellis (Hilda Roderick Ellis), 1914-2006
- Description
- x, 146 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Alternative Title
- Seer
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- " ... based on papers given at a symposium on "The Seer," held at Linacre College, Oxford, in July 1987 ... ."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- I. The Celtic seer. 1. The seer in Gaelic tradition / John MacInnes -- 2. Some personal experiences of the second sight / Eilidh Watt -- 3. The saint as seer: Adomnan's account of Columba / John MacQueen -- 4. Prophecy in middle Welsh tradition / Juliette Wood -- 5. The seer's thumb / Hilda Ellis Davidson. -- II. Comparative studies of the seer. 6. Dead reckoning: the church porch watch in British society / Samuel Pyeatt Menefee -- 7. The seer in ancient Israel / J.R. Porter -- 8. The seer as a healer in Japan / Carmen Blacker -- 9. The Chinese tradition of prophecy / Michael Loewe -- 10. The role of the seer within the Punjabi Asian minority of Britain / Venetia Newall.
- ISBN
- 0859762599
- 9780859762595
- LCCN
- 89214613
- OCLC
- ocm20561715
- 20561715
- SCSB-1719491
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library