The world of the Druids

The world of the Druids

Miranda J. Green

Book - 1997

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Subjects
Druids and Druidism.
Celts > Religion.
Europe > Religion.
Druids and Druidism in literature.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson c1997.
Language
English
Main Author
Miranda J. Green (-)
Physical Description
192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-185) and index.
ISBN
9780500285718
9780500050835
  • I. Finding the Druids
  • How Do We Know About the Druids?
  • The Druids in Celtic Society
  • The Geography of the Celtic World
  • An Outline History of the Druids
  • The Oak and the Mistletoe
  • Timeline for Druidism
  • II. The Celts and the Supernatural
  • The Nature of Celtic Religion
  • The Celtic Pantheon
  • A God in Every Place
  • Druids in Context
  • Druidic Organization
  • Ceremonies and Festivals
  • The Farming Year
  • III. The Druids in Classical Literature
  • The Chroniclers
  • Druids and the Social Order
  • Healers and Magicians
  • The Druids and Education
  • Philosophers and Scientists
  • Immortality and Rebirth
  • Druids and Romans
  • IV. Digging Up Druids
  • Priesthoods in European Prehistory
  • Images of the Druids
  • Ceremonial Regalia: Badges of Office
  • Gifts to the Divine Powers
  • Cauldrons and Holy Water
  • Death, Burial and the Afterlife
  • V. Sacrifice and Prophecy
  • The Concept of Sacrifice
  • Sacrifice in Action
  • Ritual Murder
  • Flesh for the Gods
  • Bodies in the Bog
  • The Danish Bog Victims
  • Animals as Sacrificial Victims
  • Divination: Telling the Future
  • Prophets and Oracles
  • VI. The Female Druids
  • Women in Celtic Society
  • Druidesses and Wise Women
  • Witches and Magic
  • Priestess and Prophetess in Irish Myth
  • Virgin Priestesses
  • VII. Sacred Places and Their Priests
  • Sacred Groves and Pools
  • Shrines and Temples
  • The Sacred Spring at Bath
  • Priests in Celtic Sanctuaries
  • The Sacred Healers
  • Enclosing Holy Space
  • VIII. Druids in Irish Myth
  • The Learned Class
  • The Early Myths
  • Cathbadh of Ulster
  • Sacral Kingship and Druidic Prophecy
  • Druidism and Christianity
  • IX. Druids Resurrected
  • The Druidic Revival of the Renaissance
  • Stukeley and His Peers
  • The Stonehenge Connection
  • Realists and Romantics
  • Druids as Illustrated
  • Birth of a Welsh Myth
  • Druids, the Eisteddfod and Welsh Identity
  • X. Druids Today
  • Neo-Paganism and the Old Religion
  • Witches and Druids
  • Ceremony and Celebration
  • Modern Druid Organizations
  • Stonehenge Prohibited
  • The Modern Druid Doctrine
  • Guardians of the Planet
  • Directory of Modern Druid Organizations
  • Gazetteer
  • Further Reading
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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