PublishedPrinceton University Press, September 2016 |
ISBN9780691157313 |
FormatHardcover, 608 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.2cm |
Ireland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in both the nation's languages, the book describes how Ireland's pagan divinities were transformed into literary characters in the medieval Christian era--and how they were recast ag