Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance

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Chicago Review Press, Aug 1, 2005 - Social Science - 384 pages
King Arthur was not an Englishman, but a Celtic warrior, according to Loomis, whose research into the background of the Arthurian legend reveals findings which are both illuminating and highly controversial. The author sees the vegetarian goddess as the prototype of many damsels in Arthurian romance, and Arthur's knights as the gods of sun and storm. If Loomis's arguments are accepted, where does this leave the historic Arthur?
 

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AN ITALIAN SCULPTURE AND A BRETON TALE
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THE RAPE OF THE FLOWER MAIDEN
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CELTIC STORYCHANNELS AND STORYWAYS
IRISH GODS OF SUN AND STORM
THE YOUNG GOD AND THE
CUROI GWRI AND GAWAIN
YELLOW SON OF FAIR
MOULDS FOR MYTHS
FISHER KING AND MAIMED KING
EVALACH AVALON AND MORGAN LE
KAIR BELLI AND KAER SIDI
SONE DE NANSAJ
THE SIEGE PERILOUS
THE GRAIL AND THE TESTING HORN
THE TREASURES OF THE TUATHA
BALAAIN AND GALAAD

GARETH AND LYNETE
LUG LANCELOT AND
DISENCHANTMENT BY DECAPITATION
THE PORTER OF THE OTHER WORLD
THE MULE WITHOUT A BRIDLE
THE GIANT HERDSMAN
MERLIN THE SHAPESHIFTER
THE CULT OF THE GRAIL
THE ANCESTORS OF GALAAD
THE GRAIL HEROES
THE GRAIL CASTLE
THE MYSTERIES OF THE GRAIL
THE GRAIL DAMSELS
THE GODDESSES OF SAMOTHRACE
THE HAG TRANSFORMED
KNIGHTS OF THE SWAN
ΧΧΧΙΙ ΤHE CAPTIVE
THE GODS AND GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH
ARTHUR MAB UTER
LIST OF WELCH NAMES
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