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Most people know of Valhalla, the World-Tree and the gods of Norse mythology, or the strange hunts and voyages of the ancient lrish tales. Yet few people realise the significance of the similarities and contrasts between the religions of the pre-Christian people of north-western Europe. The Celts and Germans and Scandinavians had much in common in their religious practices and beliefs, and this is the first serious attempt that has been made to compare them. There are striking resemblances in their ideas about battle-goddesses and protective spirits, holy places, sacrificial rituals, divination and ideas about the Other World; and Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe poses questions like: do such parallels go back to early times or are they owing to late Viking contact? Hilda Ellis Davidson has worked for many years on pre-Christian Scandinavian and Germanic religion and now compares them with the Celts from the background of previous studies, using evidence from archaeology, iconography, later literature and folklore, in a search for basic patterns which will add to our knowledge of the early peoples in Europe. Aimed at teachers and libraries but also accessible to students of history, religion and Celtic, Norse and German languages and cultures.

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268 pages
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English
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Syracuse University Press
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June 1, 1988
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6 x 0.64 x 9 inches
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0815624417
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978-0815624417
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1580L
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In this book, questions are posed such as: do such parallels go back to early times or are they owing to late Viking contact? This issue gives us knowledge of the early peoples in Europe.

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H. R. Ellis Davidson was formerly Vice-President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and President of the Folklore Society.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Syracuse University Press; First Edition (June 1, 1988)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 268 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0815624417
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0815624417
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1580L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.64 x 9 inches

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- #881 in Comparative Religion (Books)
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Good read

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Excellent Detail and very readable.

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I have grown more knowledgeable on this subject now. This book is very user friendly and doesn't drown the reader with exhaustive names that are difficult to pronounce, being from a different culture. That only serves as a distraction from stronger attention to the immediate topics. It is a book I will re-read too. It's full of great details about the Norse and Celts. I didn't realize there was so much convergence, if that's saying it correct and true to the context.

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H R Ellis Davidson remains an authority in her field and I can't recommend her highly enough for those who seek to learn past the mundane stereotypes that are perpetuated when it comes to all things, "Viking." This book is a must-have if you are a serious student on that subject but also look to go beyond it as well. I really don't consider this a bad price at all for scholarly work. Especially when I'm looking at some that are in the hundreds mark and probably won't be buying because that's just highway robbery masquerading as "publishing."

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I absolutely love this book. It's informative and fascinating. It's well-written and understandable. It is one of my favorite historical books. Absolutely recommend this.

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Christopher R. Travers

Interesting comparative work

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This work compares Celtic and Scandinavian mythic and iconographic themes. Professor Davidson does an excellent job of covering a limited set of themes and provides a great deal of food for thought.

The main areas which are covered are the core elements of religion-- themes relating to the otherworld, festivities, holy places and the like, This work does not attempt a full-scale comparison of myths and religious structures.

All and all, I think this book is an important one for students of related topics to have. I gave it 4 stars only because I thought readability could have been slightly improved.

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Cwn_Annwn

Great book!

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Davidson has done a great job with this book in setting out to show the similarities in the religious/cultural practices and beliefs of the Germanic and Celtic heathens. My personal belief is that the Gods of the Norse and other Germanics are the same Gods as those that the Celts worshipped, even if the names, lore and rites differed in various ways. She draws heaviest from the Irish sources instead of Welsh, Brit and continental Celts for drawing comparisons to Germanic peoples but even those are far from being totally neglected. Personally I don't how anybody could deny, even coming from the academic egghead perspective , that Odin and the Irish/Welsh/Gaelic Lugh/Lleu are anything other than the same God after reading this book.

From an academic/historical perspective this is argueably the best book ever written on Odinsim.

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Myths and Symbols etc book

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A really enioyable book.

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I appreciate this book immensely. As someone who enjoys going down wiki rabbit holes, this book was great for the cross referencing element. It was as though I was given the chance to enjoy someones knowledgable monologues, in an objective and almost comfortable conversational way. It offers a nice overview which I was looking for - desiring a book making connections around North Europe, and this is it. I am pleased. A good soft cover book, well printed and with a few interesting images.

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Bom material!

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Conteúdo interessante sobre a perspectiva pagã dos povos nórdicos.

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Indispensable

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Está muy bien, es un clásico en mitología. Encontrarás información referente a nórdicos, germanos, celtas... Aunque es en inglés no es extremadamente difícil de leer.

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