The Horse in Celtic Culture: Medieval Welsh PerspectivesSioned Davies, Nerys Ann Jones Ever since its domestication, the horse has played a central role in the history of mankind. This multifunctional animal was responsible for revolutionizing transportation and fighting techniques, which led ultimately to significant social, economic and cultural changes. Horses in Celtic Culture examines a fascinating topic that to date has received very little attention from historians and literary specialists. |
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... goddess as though hoping she will feed him ( Green 1989 , 19 , fig . 7 ) . Indeed on many depictions , Epona offers corn or fruit to the foal on an offering - dish . A bronze group from an unprovenanced site in Wiltshire displays the ...
... goddess as though hoping she will feed him ( Green 1989 , 19 , fig . 7 ) . Indeed on many depictions , Epona offers corn or fruit to the foal on an offering - dish . A bronze group from an unprovenanced site in Wiltshire displays the ...
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... goddess holds a large key which , at one level , may represent the stable door but , at another , the key to the Otherworld ( Espérandieu , nos . 4894 , 1618 ) . On the relief at Mussig - Vicenz near Strasbourg ( Espérandieu , no . 7290 ) ...
... goddess holds a large key which , at one level , may represent the stable door but , at another , the key to the Otherworld ( Espérandieu , nos . 4894 , 1618 ) . On the relief at Mussig - Vicenz near Strasbourg ( Espérandieu , no . 7290 ) ...
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... goddess Epona , whose myth ( freely reconstructed by him ) became corrupted into a late folk - tale ( Gruffydd 1953 , 103-10 ) . Although the reconstruction has been questioned , the link between Rhiannon and Epona continues to be ...
... goddess Epona , whose myth ( freely reconstructed by him ) became corrupted into a late folk - tale ( Gruffydd 1953 , 103-10 ) . Although the reconstruction has been questioned , the link between Rhiannon and Epona continues to be ...
Contents
Evidence from | 23 |
The Earliest Words for Horse in the Celtic Languages | 43 |
The Horse in the Welsh Law Texts | 64 |
Copyright | |
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