"Christianisme Relations Grande-Bretagne." . . "Cristianismo Relaciones Gran Bretaña." . . "Gran Bretanya" . . "Literatura anglesa Història i crítica." . . "Paganisme." . . "Mytologi Storbritannien." . . "Mytologi - Storbritannien." . "Littérature médiévale." . . . "Gods, heroes, and kings : the battle for mythic Britain" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gods, heroes, & kings the battle for Mythic Britain"@en . "Gods, heroes, & kings the battle for Mythic Britain" . . . . . . . "Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)" . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . . "The islands of Britain have been a crossroads of gods, heroes, and kings-those of flesh as well as those of myth-for thousands of years. Successive waves of invasion brought distinctive legends, rites, and beliefs. The ancient Celts displaced earlier indigenous peoples, only to find themselves displaced in turn by the Romans, who then abandoned the islands to Germanic tribes, a people themselves nearly overcome in time by an influx of Scandinavians. With each wave of invaders came a battle for the mythic mind of the Isles as the newcomer's belief system met with the existing systems of gods, legends, and myths. In Gods, Heroes, and Kings, medievalist Christopher Fee and veteran myth scholar David Leeming unearth the layers of the British Isles' unique folkloric tradition to discover how this body of seemingly disparate tales developed. The authors find a virtual battlefield of myths in which pagan and Judeo-Christian beliefs fought for dominance, and classical, Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, and Celtic narrative threads became tangled together. The resulting body of legends became a strange but coherent hybrid, so that by the time Chaucer wrote \"The Wife of Bath's Tale\" in the fourteenth century, a Christian theme of redemption fought for prominence with a tripartite Celtic goddess and the Arthurian legends of Sir Gawain-itself a hybrid mythology. Without a guide, the corpus of British mythology can seem impenetrable. Taking advantage of the latest research, Fee and Leeming employ a unique comparative approach to map the origins and development of one of the richest folkloric traditions. Copiously illustrated with excerpts in translation from the original sources, Gods, Heroes, and Kings provides a fascinating and accessible new perspective on the history of British mythology." . . "Gods, heroes, & kings : the battle for Mythic Britain" . . . . "Gods, Heroes, & Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain" . . . "Gods, heroes, & kings : the battle for mythic Britain" . . . . "Gods, Heroes, and Kings The Battle for Mythic Britain" . . . . . . . . "Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)" . . . . . . "Gods, heroes & kings : the battle for mythic Britain" . . "Gods, heroes & kings : the battle for mythic Britain"@en . "Gods, heroes, and kings" . "Gods, heroes, and kings"@en . "Gods, heroes and kings" . . . . . "Gods, heroes &[and] kings : the battle for mythic Britain" . . "Gods, heroes & kings the battle for mythic Britain" . "Gods, heroes & kings the battle for mythic Britain"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . . . . . . . . "Ressources Internet" . "Mythologie." . . "Kelten." . . "Englisch." . . "Englisch" . "Germanen." . . "Germanen" . "Littérature britannique Histoire et critique." . . "Mittelenglische Literatur Motiv Mythen keltische." . . "Mythen germanische Motiv Mittelenglische Literatur." . . "Fee, Christopher R." . . "British literature." . . "Electronic books." . . "littérature anglaise mythe Moyen Age." . . "Medieval literature." . . "Englisch." . . "Literature, Medieval History and criticism." . . "Mittelenglische Literatur Motiv Mythen germanische." . . "Germanen." . . "Mittelenglische Literatur Quellen und Vorbilder." . . "Kelten." . . "Kelten" . "Altenglische Literatur Motiv Mythen keltische." . . "Mitologia cèltica." . . "Mythen keltische Motiv Altenglische Literatur." . . "Godsdienst." . . "Histoire." . . "Literatur." . . "Literatur" . "LITERARY CRITICISM European English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh." . . "Mythos." . . "Mythos" . "Littérature anglaise Histoire et critique." . . "Literature, Medieval." . . "Altenglische Literatur Quellen und Vorbilder." . . "Interfaith relations." . . "Mythologie britannique." . . "Grande-Bretagne." . . "Christianity and other religions Great Britain." . . "Mitologia britànica." . . "Mitología británica." . . . "Engels." . . "Altenglische Literatur Motiv Mythen germanische." . . "Britische Inseln." . . "Britische Inseln" . "Literatura medieval Història i crítica." . . "Great Britain." . . "Geschichte." . . "Geschichte" . "Littérature médiévale Histoire et critique." . . "Mythen germanische Motiv Altenglische Literatur." . . "Christianisme." . . "Mythology, British." . . "Mythen keltische Motiv Mittelenglische Literatur." . . "British literature History and criticism." . . "Christianity." . . "Christianity and other religions." . . "Mythology, Celtic." . . "Christianisme Relations." . .