Twilight Of The Godlings: Shadowy Beginnings Britain&Apos S Supernatural Beings Francis Young Cambridge University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Throughout The Recorded History Of Britain Belief In Earthbound Spirits Presiding Over Nature Home And Human Destiny Has Been A Feature Successive Cultures From Localised Deities Britannia To Anglo-Saxons\ Elves Fairies Late Medieval England Britain\ S Godlings Have Populated Shadowy Secretive Realm Ritual Running Parallel Authorised Religion Twilight Delves Deep Into Elusive These Supernatural Beings Tracing Their Evolution Pre-Roman Iron Age End Middle Ages Arguing That Accreted Cultural Assumptions Must Be Cast Aside Order Understand – Including Cherished Idea Folkloric Creatures Are Decayed Remnants Pagan Gods Goddesses This Bold Revisionist Book Traces \ Small Gods\ Popular Religiosity Influenced By Classical Learning It Offers An Exciting New Way Grasping Island\ Most Mysterious Mythical Inhabitants Σελίδες: 384 Διαστάσεις: 15X15Cm