The Little Book of Celtic Lore (Little Books) - Hardcover

9781862042292: The Little Book of Celtic Lore (Little Books)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1862042292 ISBN 13: 9781862042292

Publisher: Element Books, 1998

The Celts draw upon a strong oral tradition when telling tales and this shows in the structure, tempo and embellishment of these stories. For the Celts, there was no separation between the worlds of humanity and that of the spirits and nature, and their tales imbued with this simple inner wisdom. The material selected in this text is from both ancient and modern Celtic sources and includes many fresh translations by the authors. It explores five distinct dimensions which the Celts considered beyond earthly existence: the land of the living - our relationship with the land; the land of youth - the adventures of the great heroes on their life quests; the plain of delight - the whispering of lovers, wise and not so wise; the plain of silver or the reawakening of spiritual insight; and the land of promise - in which we glimpse the patterns of eternal wisdom.

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