I realized that while I did a post on resources for the Irish language and another on online resources for Irish Mythology, I hadn’t actually done a recommended reading list(…)
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Dying For the Gods
Author: Miranda Aldhouse Green
Publisher: Tempus Publishing
Copyright: 2001
ISBN: 0752419404
Synopsis: Sacrifice, like death, is one of the great taboos of modern society. The notion that human sacrifice, and even cannibalism, could be considered a most holy act is almost inconceivable. Yet the evidence for human sacrifice in northwest Europe, deriving from both archaeology and the testimony of Classical writers of the first centuries BC and AD, has to be confronted. Professor Green puts forward some reasons for ritual murder and shows how the multiple deposits of bog-bodies at sites like Tollund and Lindow illustrate the importance of place in the sacrificial rite. She also highlights the essential role of the priesthood in sacrificial murder.
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A New History of Ireland
Promotion: Books aimed at Children and Adults
So I thought I would do something a little different today and promote a few books that I have read, liked and used to teach my little cousins about aspects of paganism and recommended to my family so that they get what I am doing.
The first(…)
Of Online Mythology Resources
So this has come up on a few of my groups, and I thought since I did one on Irish Language resources I would do one for online resources to reliable sites to Celtic mythology.(…)
Decayed Gods
Author: Wouter W. Belier
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1991
ISBN: 9004094873
Synopsis: In 1930 Dumezil wrote an article in which he(…)
Where the Hawthorn Grows – An American Druid’s Reflections
Author: Morgan Daimler
Publisher: Moon Books
Copyright: 2012
ISBN: 9781780999692
Synopsis:
Where the Hawthorn Grows is a reflection on being an Irish reconstructionist Druid in America. It looks at who the(…)
Book Review: Abair Leat! Cúrsa ranga do mhúinteoirí Gaeilge (Leibhéal 1, Cuid 1)
I’m always interested in finding a way to improve my learning of Irish Gaelic so when I fine something new on Litríocht or (…)
The Origins of the Irish
Author: J.P. Mallory
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Copyright: 2013
ISBN: 978-0-500-05175-7
Synopsis:
About eighty million people today can trace their descent back to the occupants of Ireland. But where did(…)
Celtic from the West 2: Rethinking the Bronze Age and the Arrival of Indo-European in Atlantic Europe
Editors: John T. Koch and Barry Cunliffe
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Copyrighted: 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84217-529-3
Synopsis:
Europe’s Atlantic façade has long been treated as marginal to the formation of the European(…)