C. Scott Littleton, Linda Malcor

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From Scythia to Camelot (eBook, PDF)

A Radical Reassessment of the Legends of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Holy Grail

Beschreibung

This volume boldly proposes that the core of the Arthurian and Holy Grail traditions derived not from Celtic mythology, but rather from the folklore of the peoples of ancient Scythia (what are now the South Russian and Ukrainian steppes). Also includes 19 maps.

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• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 18.83MB

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• Text-to-Speech
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• Seitennummerierung folgt dem gedruckten Werk
• Kurze Alternativtexte für nicht-textuelle Inhalte vorhanden
• Navigierbarer Index mit direktem Zugriff auf Indexbegriffe
• Navigierbares Inhaltsverzeichnis für direkten Zugriff auf Text und Medien

Autor

C. Scott Littleton is professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at occidental College in Los Angeles, California. He is the author of numerous books and articles on comparative Indo-European mythology, including the The New Comparative Anthology:An Anthropological Assesment of the Theories of GeorgesDumezil (3rg Edition, 1982). He has also published extensively on Japanese Mythology and Folklore.
Linda A. Malcor is a California-based free-lance writer and researcher. She holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Mythology from UCLA and occassionally teaches and lectures on the Arthurian legends. In addition to scholarly publications, she writes fantasy fiction and screenplays.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317777717
• Artikelnr.: 39959530