CAHSS Faculty Articles
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions. By H. R. Ellis Davidson
ORCID ID
0000-0002-4966-1251
Publication Title
Journal of American Folklore
ISSN
0021-8715
Publication Date
7-1989
Abstract
Excerpt
The aim of the author has been to examine the pre-Christian records of Scandinavia and the Celtic world (primarily Ireland and Wales, but also including Continental evidence), as well as the later literary and folk material of these peoples, in an effort to reconstruct their original world- views. Needless to say, this is a very ambitious project, yet Davidson has been quite successful in carrying it out. Well known to students of Scandinavian folklore and mythology from her earlier studies, Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (1964) and Scandinavian Mythology (1982), she has demonstrated also in the current work an admirable knowledge of Celtic material, including the archaeological and literary evidence for Celtic religion and mythology.
DOI
10.2307/540663
Volume
102
Issue
405
First Page
358
Last Page
359
NSUWorks Citation
Doan, J. E. (1989). Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions. By H. R. Ellis Davidson. Journal of American Folklore, 102 (405), 358-359. https://doi.org/10.2307/540663
