Mike Baillie (auch Michael G. L. Baillie) ist emeritierter Professor an der Queen’s University Belfast (Nord-Irland) am Institut für Paläoökologie. Er ist ein international führender Experte für Dendrochronologie und war in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren maßgeblich mitbeteiligt an der Erstellung der irischen Eichenchronologie.
The Celtic myths, involving heroic warriors such as Finn and CuChulinn, can be read as simple primitive stories, but closer examination reveals strange descriptions and relationships. The authors of this groundbreaking book argue that all the principal characters are aspects of the one Celtic sky god, Lugh, who was a comet. Against the background of a comet scenario, this re-interpretation of about 10 key Celtic myths shows how many of the descriptions in the myths fit the appearance of comets.
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Acknowledgements p. 6
Preface p. 7
Introduction p. 11
Comets p. 17
How comets might have been viewed in prehistory p. 24
Comets - a close-up view p. 33
Arrival of Lugh p. 44
More interpretations of close comets p. 51
Balor and Lugh c. twelfth century BC p. 60
Some thoughts on Irish mythology p. 66
Tales about tails p. 75
Rotation and Fal's Wheel p. 83
Comet debris p. 91
Ritual ponds p. 102
Comet periodicities p. 115
Ulster Cycle: Tain Bo Cuailnge, the Raid of the Bull of Cooley c. first century AD p. 125
Castles in the air and houses in the sky p. 134
The Finn Cycle trad. third century AD p. 142
Dendrochronology p. 150
Events in the sixth century p. 159
Irish saints sixth century AD p. 168
Conclusions p. 173
King Arthur p. 180
Beowulf p. 190
Moling and Mobhi p. 197
Playing with catastrophic links p. 203
Postscript p. 206
Glossary p. 209
Notes p. 214
Index p. 221
Verfasser*innenangabe:
Patrick McCafferty & Mike Baillie
Jahr:
2005
Verlag:
Stroud, Tempus
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PR.D, FS.E
ISBN:
0-7524-3444-6
2. ISBN:
978-0-7524-3444-5
Beschreibung:
224 p. : ill, maps
Sprache:
Englisch
Fußnote:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Text engl.
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Buch