Animals played a crucial role in many aspects of Celtic life: in the economy, hunting, warfare, art, literature and religion. Such was their importance to this society, that an intimate relationship between humans and animals developed, in which the Celts believed many animals to have divine powers. In Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Green draws on evidence from early Celtic documents, archaeology and iconography to consider the manner in which animals formed the basis of elaborate rituals and beliefs. She reveals that animals were endowed with an extremely high status, considered by the Celts as worthy of respect and admiration.
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Excellent introduction to, and a timely round-up of, a complicated and fascinating subject.
–The London Times Literary Supplement
Green had brought together a wealth of information on the diversity of roles played by animals in Iron Age Celtic society and the variation evident from region to region in Britain, on the Continent, and to some extent in Ireland as revealed by excavation, iconography, literature, and tradition...For those with a serious interest in Celtic prehistory, this is a book well worth having.
–American Journal of Archaeology
The book is abundantly illustrated and displays valuable notes, a nice bibliography and an index; it is extremely instructive to understand the major role animals play in Celtic culture..
–The Journal of Indo-European Studies, Summer 1996
–The London Times Literary Supplement
Green had brought together a wealth of information on the diversity of roles played by animals in Iron Age Celtic society and the variation evident from region to region in Britain, on the Continent, and to some extent in Ireland as revealed by excavation, iconography, literature, and tradition...For those with a serious interest in Celtic prehistory, this is a book well worth having.
–American Journal of Archaeology
The book is abundantly illustrated and displays valuable notes, a nice bibliography and an index; it is extremely instructive to understand the major role animals play in Celtic culture..
–The Journal of Indo-European Studies, Summer 1996
About the Author
Miranda Green is at the School of History and Archaeology at the University of Wales, College of Cardiff. She is the editor of The Celtic World (Routledge, 1996)
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This is a useful scholarly, yet approachable title to students of Iron Age agriculture as well as those interested in spiritual practice in pre-Roman Gaul and Britain. The discussion on domestic and hunted animals is the strength of the book, as the conclusions are drawn from archaeology. This title presents zooarchaeology in the UK as well as that from France. I was especially appreciative of this, as I do not speak (or read) French! Her book is an excellent compliment to the works of Peter J. Reynolds and the research at Butser Ancient Farm.In describing a society that has left no written record of its ideas on animal myth and religion Greene relies on archaeology along with ethnography. Although Dark Age Irish legends can not be expected to be perfectly equivalent with the beliefs of Iron Age Britons and Gauls, they do provide a helpful guide. All in all it's an excellent book.
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Iron Age, Paul Jenkins, Camonica Valley, Gundestrup Cauldron, Bronze Age, Miranda Green, National Museum of Wales, Celtic Europe, Twrch Trwyth, Capel Garmon, Diodorus Siculus, Peter Reynolds, Julius Caesar, Fontes Sequanae, Annie Grant, Fionn Cycle, Llyn Cerrig Bach, Hayling Island, Muntham Court, Badbh Catha, Battle Crow, Betty Naggar, Book of Invasions, Danebury Trust, Lleu Llaw Gyffes New!
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Iron Age, Paul Jenkins, Camonica Valley, Gundestrup Cauldron, Bronze Age, Miranda Green, National Museum of Wales, Celtic Europe, Twrch Trwyth, Capel Garmon, Diodorus Siculus, Peter Reynolds, Julius Caesar, Fontes Sequanae, Annie Grant, Fionn Cycle, Llyn Cerrig Bach, Hayling Island, Muntham Court, Badbh Catha, Battle Crow, Betty Naggar, Book of Invasions, Danebury Trust, Lleu Llaw Gyffes New!
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- Farming Practice in British Prehistory by Professor Roger Mercer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Roman Britain: A Sourcebook (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World) by Stanley Ireland on page 37, and Back Matter
- Roman Britain (Blackwell Classic Histories of England) by Malcolm Todd in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Farming of Prehistoric Britain by P. J. Fowler in Back Matter
- Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain by Rachel Bromwich in Back Matter
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