Publisher's Synopsis
This volume includes "Milesians and Alans in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula and the Mythical Invasion of Ireland," by Manuel Alberro; "The Breton Compositions of Jean Cras," by Paul André Bempéchat; "The 'Gallic Disaster': Did Dionysius I of Syracuse Order It?," by Timothy Bridgman; "Dangerous Liaisons," by Marion Deane; "Cernunnos: Looking a Different Way," by David Fickett-Wilbar; "Epic or Exegesis? The Form and Genesis of the Táin Bó Cúalnge," by John J. Fisher; "Introducing King Nuadha: Mythology and Politics in the Belfast Murals," by Alexandra Hartnett; "'Gaelic Political Scripture': Uì Mhaoil Chonaire Scribes and the Book of Mac Murchadha Caomhánach," by Benjamin James Hazard; "Voice, Power, and Narrative Structure in Orgain Denna Rig," by Bettina Kimpton; "Cú Chulainn: God, Man, or Animal?," by Erik Larsen; "The Celtic Seasonal Festivals in the Light of Recent Approaches to the Indo-European Ritual Year," by Emily Lyle; "The Date and Provenance of Vita Prima Sanctae Brigitae," by Laurance Maney†; "Spirit and Flesh in Twentieth-Century Welsh Poetry: A Comparison of the Works of D. Gwenalt Jones (1899-1968) and Pennar Davies (1911-1996)," by D. Densil Morgan; "Joseph Cooper Walker's Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (1786): Significance and Impact," by Lesa Nì Mhunghaile; "Old Irish *desgabál and the Concept of Ascension in Irish Religious Texts," by Brian Ó Broin; "Oenach Aimsire na mBan: Early Irish Seasonal Celebrations, Gender Roles, and Mythological Cycles," by Sharon Paice MacLeod; "Literature Reviews in An Claidheamh Soluis: A Journalistic Insight to Irish Literary Reviews in the Revival Period 1899-1932," by Regina Uì Chollatáin; and "Celtic Ornament, Irish Gospel Book Decoration, and the Illustrated Prose Lancelot of Yale 229," by Elizabeth Moore Willingham.
