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Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging book contains twelve chapters by scholars who explore aspects of the fascinating field of Celtic mythology - from myth and the medieval to comparative mythology, and the new cosmological approach. Examples of the innovative research represented here lead the reader into an exploration of the possible use of hallucinogenic mushrooms in Celtic Ireland, to mental mapping in the interpretation of the Irish legend Tain Bo Cuailgne, and to the integration of established perspectives with broader findings now emerging at the Indo-European level and its potential to open up the whole field of mythology in a new way.
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction: Celtic Mythology in the 21st Century Jonathan Wooding, Series Editor Section 1: Myth and the Medieval 1. God and Gods in the Seventh Century: Tirechan on St Patrick and King Loegaire's Daughters - Elizabeth A. Gray 2. Time, Identity and the Otherworld: A Note on The Wooing of Etain - John Carey 3. The Celtic Dragon Myth Revisited - Joseph F. Nagy 4. Tory Island and Mount Errigal: Landscape Surrogates in Donegal for the Gods Balor and Lug - Brian Lacey Section 2: Comparative Mythology 5. Ireland as Mesocosm - Grigory Bondarenko 6. Hunting the Deer in Celtic and Indo-European Mythological Contexts - Maxim Fomin 7. Gods, Poets and Entheogens: Ingesting Wisdom in Early Irish Literary Sources - Sharon Paice MacLeod 8. The Armorican Voyage to the Afterlife and Celtic Myths - Fanch Bihan-Gallic Section 3: The New Cosmological Approach 9. Towards Adopting a Double Perspective on Celtic Mythology and its Prehistoric Roots - Emily Lyle 10. Sisters' Sons in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi - Anna June Page 11. Fashioners of the Cosmos in Ireland and India: The Dagda and Tvastr - John Shaw 12. Psycho-Cosmology: Mental Mapping in Tain Bo Cuailgne - James Carney Bibliography Index
