Where Is Saint George?: Pagan Imagery in English Folksong

by Bob Stewart

Paperback, 1988

Status

Available

Call number

784.4

Tags

British Folklore, British Isles, Paganism, Druidry, Folksongs

Genres

Collections

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Publication

Blandford (1988), Edition: New Ed, 144 pages

Description

This thought-provoking book suggests that certain basic images found in traditional songs, and certain musical phrases linked inseparably with them, were once common to Celtic and pre-Celtic-forms of worship, and were only later absorbed in Christian ritual.

Subjects

Folk music England History and criticism
Folk songs, English England History and criticism
Folklore England
Paganism

Language

English

Original language

English

ISBN

0713720301 / 9780713720303

Local notes

Signed by author

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