The Horse in Celtic Culture: Medieval Welsh Perspectives

by Sioned Davies (Editor), Nerys Ann Jones (Editor)

Overview

Ever since its domestication, the horse has played a central role in the history of mankind. This multifunctional animal was responsible for revolutionizing transportation and fighting techniques, which led ultimately to significant social, economic and cultural changes. Horses in Celtic Culture examines a fascinating topic that to date has received very little attention from historians and literary specialists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780708314142
Publisher:	University of Wales Press
Publication date:	01/01/1997
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sioned Davies is Chair of Welsh and Head of School, Cardiff University.

Nerys Ann Jones is presently a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

Sioned Davies is Chair of Welsh and Head of School, Cardiff University.

Nerys Ann Jones is presently a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction by Sioned Davies and Nerys Ann Jones

1. The Symbolic Horse in Pagan Celtic Europe: An Archaeological Perspective by Miranda Aldhouse Green

2. Horses in the Early Historic Period: Evidence from the Pictish Sculptured Stones by Irene Hughson

3. The Earliest Words for “Horse” in the Celtic Languages by Patricia Kelly

4. The Horse in the Welsh Law Texts by Dafydd Jenkins

5. Horses in Medieval Welsh Court Poetry by Nerys Ann Jones

6. The Triads of the Horses by Rachel Bromwich

7. Horses in the Maginogion by Sioned Davies

8. ‘Praise lasts longer than a horse’: Poems of Request and Thanks for Horses by Bleddyn Owen Huws

9. The Horse in Welsh Folklore: A Boundary Image in Custom and Narrative by Juliette Wood

Index