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La quête du Saint Graal. : roman en prose du XIIIe siècle
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ISBN: 9782253066811 2253066818 Year: 2006 Volume: 4571 Publisher: Paris : Le livre de poche,

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Légendes et récits du Portugal.
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ISBN: 9782915540123 2915540128 Year: 2006 Publisher: Paris Chandeigne

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Gli Actus Silvestri : genesi di una leggenda su Costantino imperatore
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ISBN: 8879884964 9788879884969 Year: 2006 Volume: 7 Publisher: Spoleto (Perugia) : Fondazione Centro italiano di studi sull'alto Medioevo,

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The lore of Ireland : an encyclopaedia of myth, legend and romance
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ISBN: 1843832151 9781843832157 1905172168 Year: 2006 Publisher: Woodbridge : Boydell Press,

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Ireland has one of the finest cultural heritages and a standard reference book combining the related subjects of folklore, myth, legend and romance is long overdue. There are 350 substantial entries, in alphabetical order from Aban, a 6th-century saint, to Weather, all with full references to sources, a synopsis of relevant stories, and discussion of their origin, nature and development. These are complimented by a genre-list of material under various headings, such as Mythical Lore, Fianna Cycle, Ulster Cycle, King Cycles, Peoples and Traditions, Religious Lore, and Folk Custom and Belief. There is also a wealth of genealogical detail, indicating how historical and social circumstances have influenced the growth and spread of Irish lore. Daithi O Hogain, Associate Professor of Irish Folklore at University College Dublin, is an international authority on folklore and traditional literature.


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Les légendes des Juifs.
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ISSN: 07620829 ISBN: 2204053104 2204074608 2204079782 9782204079785 9782204074605 9782204053105 Year: 2006 Publisher: Paris : Cerf, Institut Alain de Rothschild,

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Rumeurs et légendes urbaines
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ISBN: 2130553796 9782130553793 Year: 2006 Volume: 3445 Publisher: Paris : Presses Universitaires de France,


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Beatrijs' biecht : stilistisch en semiotisch onderzoek
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Histoire et géographie d'un mythe : la circulation des manuscrits du De excidio Troiae de Darès le Phrygien (VIIIe-XVe siècles)
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ISBN: 2900791790 9782900791790 Year: 2006 Volume: 82 Publisher: Paris Ecole des chartes

King Arthur's enchantresses : Morgan and her sisters in Arthurian tradition
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ISBN: 1845111133 9781845111137 1784530417 0755600002 075569497X 0857714066 6000008996 1429453680 Year: 2006 Publisher: London New York : I. B. Tauris,

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King Arthur: the very name summons visions of courtly chivalry and towering castles, of windswept battlefields and heroic quests, and above all of the charismatic monarch who dies but who one day shall return again. The Arthurian legend lives on as powerfully and enduringly as ever. Yet there is an aspect to this myth which has been neglected, but which is perhaps its most potent part of all. For central to the Arthurian stories are the mysterious, sexually alluring enchantresses, the spellcasters and mistresses of magic who wield extraordinary influence over Arthur's life and destiny, bestriding the Camelot mythology with a dark and brooding presence. Carolyne Larrington brings these dangerous women vibrantly to life. Here is Morgan-le-Fay, a complex sorceress of great cunning and skill, immortalised by Helen Mirren's Morgana in John Boorman's film "Excalibur". Here too are the mystical Lady of the Lake; the beguiling Viviane, Merlin's deadly nemesis; and Morgause, Queen of Orkney, mother to Mordred, Arthur's incestuously-conceived son and his bitterest foe. Echoing the search for the Grail by the knights of the Round Table, Larrington takes her readers on an intriguing quest of her own - to discover why Arthurian enchantresses continue to bewitch us. Her journey takes in the enchantresses as they appear in poetry and painting, in politics and the theatre, on the Internet and TV, in high culture and popular culture. Whether they be chaste or depraved, necrophiliacs or virgins, benevolent or filled with hatred, the enchantresses represent a strain of femininity which continually challenges male chivalric values from within. These women are survivors. They outlive the collapse of Camelot and all it stands for. And it is as archetypal manifestations of the feared, uncontainable Other that they continue to inspire admiration, fright and fascination in equal measure. "King Arthur's Enchantresses" makes a unique contribution to contemporary writing on the Arthurian myths. It will intrigue and delight anyone with an interest in mythology, religion, cultural history and medieval literature.

The Brendan legend
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ISBN: 9004152474 9789004152472 9786611400200 1281400203 9047410254 9789047410256 9781281400208 6611400206 Year: 2006 Volume: 24 Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill

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The Brendan Legend: Texts and Versions deals with the vast textual tradition relating to the Irish Saint Brendan, known as 'The Navigator'. Stories about Brendan have been popular in the whole of Western Europe, from the seventh to the twentieth century. The themes of the book are the interrelated problems of the textual and literary embedding of Brendan texts. For the first time researchers in Celtic, German, Latin and Romance languages and literatures have co-operated on the Brendan tradition, and they have mapped the changes in textual traditions according to different circumstances and audiences. This book will be important to those studying the influence of Celtic literature on the European Continent, and, more generally, to those interested in the versatility of textual traditions in Western Europe.

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