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ocm26253222 |
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OCoLC |
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20251028093241.0 |
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911101s1992 enkab b 001 0 eng |
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91067303 |
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(Sirsi) i9780500015308 |
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DLC |
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eng |
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DLC |
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NRM |
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BTCTA |
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BAKER |
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YDXCP |
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NIALS |
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OKU |
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GEBAY |
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HALAN |
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VF$ |
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GB92-32751 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0500015309 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780500015308 |
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(OCoLC)26253222 |
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e-ie--- |
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| Classification number |
BL 980.I7 |
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D35 1992 |
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VF$A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Dames, Michael. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Mythic Ireland / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Michael Dames. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Thames and Hudson, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c1992. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
272 p. : |
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ill., maps ; |
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25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Setting out -- Ulster : St. Patrick and the hang -- St. Patrick's purgatory -- The water monster -- The Cailleach and Bith -- Munster : the sun goddesses -- Inherited words -- Lough Gur -- From lough to province -- Leinster : city myths -- Leinster approaches -- Dublin, the real dream -- Original landings -- Connacht : war path and love match -- Battle of east and west -- Erne weddings -- Flood, fish, word -- Mide : the spreading centre -- The centre stone -- �Eriu's eye : national observations -- Mide, all and one. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Ireland, more than any other country in Europe, has retained its mythological heritage, which lives today in the oral tradition of folk tales, in literature, in place-names and language, in ceremonies and monuments. Mountains and loughs are the homes of gods and goddesses, of saints and monsters, and pattern, beauty and cyclical logic are revealed in their stories. Michael Dames, whose previous works have won him a wide and enthusiastic following, has walked through each. |
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of the four provinces of Ireland--Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht--visiting first a focal mythic site, such as St. Patrick's Purgatory on Lough Derg, then further sites that "spiral off." He also surveys the entire island from a fifth province, "Mide" or "center," which becomes its axis. Ireland's sacred locations unexpectedly take on contemporary relevance as we realize that the underlying concerns of myth--conservation and recurrence--are increasingly present. |
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concerns too. The rich, multi-layered and visionary text is complemented by a careful selection of photographs, engravings, maps and diagrams that reveal the sacred places of pagan and Christian legend. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mythology, Celtic |
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Ireland. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Ireland |
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Religion. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mythology, Celtic. |
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Mythos |
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swd |
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Topographie |
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Irland |
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swd |
| 653 0# - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED |
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| Uncontrolled term |
Myths |
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Ireland |
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Northern Ireland |
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Baker and Taylor |
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bl 99729788 |
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Baker & Taylor |
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22.50 |
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0500015309 |
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0002092131 |
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active |
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YBP Library Services |
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YANK |
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435599 |
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C0 |
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VF$ |