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Cargando... The World of the Druids (1997)por Miranda J. Green
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book is very comprehensive in the historical documents by Greek philosophers and Roman authorities and the archaeology of the Druids and Celts. Certainly this is an eye-opener if you think Druids are adventurous sorcerers with nature empathy and Celts are the Irish of antiquity--an unfortunate stereotype that I, as a gamer, had fallen into. Miranda Green addresses a little bit of all topics and supports her composition with a myriad of quotes from Pliny the Elder, Cicero, Julius Caesar, Strabo and more, meanwhile half of the layout is possessed by ink art work and selected photos of archaeological finds. To the Druidic theme of circles connecting different lives, Green started with antiquity and concluded with modern Druids who wish to no revive the ancient pagan religion but adapt it to the stage of evolution our society currently holds. ( ) This is a comprehensive, copiously illustrated volume that is sufficiently academically rigorous for the well-informed layperson, but straightforward and sufficiently full of eye candy for the neophyte. Green covers what we actually know about the Druids (not a lot, really), their place in myth and legend, and the Neo-Pagan Druidic movement. What this book was lacking in continuity it made up for in subject selections and illustrations. The World of the Druids consists of many encyclopedia-like entries accompanied by illustrations and photography. It covers many topics from antiquity to the modern druidic movement. While I don't necessarily agree with some of the assumptions made, in all there is quite a bit of good information here presented in an interesting manner. While the book doesn't cover very much in depth, it provides a nice overview and a place to start. Experiments in Reading This is a glossy book full of pretty pictures which also manages to cover everything known about Druids, from Pliny to the modern Keltoi. It focuses on archeology and primary sources, which means that unlike most books about Druidry, it's actually fact-based; and the later chapters on the modern Druid revivals are well-balanced and accurate. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"A partir de las referencias de los observadores del mundo griego y romano C©♭sar, Estrab©đn, Plinio o T©Łcito, por citar s©đlo algunos, pasando por arque©đlogos e historiadores modernos, ℗±El mundo de los druidas℗ reconstruye la historia de una casta, la de los druidas, que a©ðn hoy resulta enigm©Łtica, debido al halo de misterio que la ha envuelto. La pr©Łctica ausencia de material escrito por estos miembros privilegiados de la sociedad britana y gala (su sabidur©Ưa era transmitida de manera oral a quienes consideraban adecuados depositarios, para preservarla de profanaciones e intrusismos), y el paso de los siglos, han llevado a los especialistas a estudiarlos bas©Łndose en las excelentes pruebas arqueol©đgicas de los restos encontrados -especialmente de ritos sacrificiales o tesoros-, en las citadas cr©đnicas de los autores cl©Łsicos, y en relatos medievales que recogen los mitos orales m©Łs antiguos en lengua vern©Łcula de Gales e Irlanda: el Ciclo del ©lster, el Mitol©đgico y el de Fenian narran las historias de influyentes druidas como Cathbadh, la raza divina de Tuatha D©♭ Danann, monarcas como la reina Boudica y h©♭roes como Finn, imbuidos de saber o mediados por ©♭l." No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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