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Author Darrah, John.

Title Paganism in Arthurian romance / John Darrah
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell, 1993

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Description xvi, 304 pages ; 25cm
Contents Pt. 1. An Arthurian Adventure Analysed. The Calendar of Arthurian Romance. The Challenge. Tournaments and the Spring Marriage. Fire from Heaven. Severed Heads and Sacred Waters. Healing Blood and the Dolorous Stroke -- Pt. 2. Further Aspects of Paganism in the Romances. Births, Lives and Deaths of Heroes and Heroines. The Nature of Paganism in Britain. Ceremonial and Ritual -- Pt. 3. The Physical Background to the Romances. Constructions. The Geography of Arthurian Romance. Time and Place. The Once and Future King -- Gazetteer I. Places whose Location can be Roughly Established -- Gazetteer II. Unidentified Places -- Appendix: Who's Who in the Romances?
Analysis Myths By Celts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Arthur, King.
Britons -- Kings and rulers. -- Biography.
Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Folklore.
Arthurian romances -- Sources.
Paganism -- Great Britain -- History.
Paganism in literature.
SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Antiquities, Celtic. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100234
Great Britain -- History -- To 1066. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056722
LC no. 93037182
ISBN 085115350X
0859914267