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050	0	0	_aBL 980.I7 _bD35 1992
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100	1		_aDames, Michael.
245	1	0	_aMythic Ireland / _cMichael Dames.
260			_aLondon : _bThames and Hudson, _cc1992.
300			_a272 p. : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index.
505	0		_aSetting 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			_aIreland, 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.
520			_aof 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.
520			_aconcerns 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	_aMythology, Celtic _zIreland.
651		0	_aIreland _xReligion.
650		1	_aMythology, Celtic.
650	0	7	_aMythos _2swd
650	0	7	_aTopographie _2swd
651		7	_aIrland _2swd
653	0		_aMyths
653	0		_aIreland
653	0		_aNorthern Ireland
938			_aBaker and Taylor _bBTCP _nbl 99729788
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