Land of the Gods
How a Scottish Landscape was Sanctified to Become Arthur's Camelot
Land of the Gods is the story of the ancient inhabitants of the Lothians and the Borders, whose accomplishments are visible in Cairnpapple, Traprain Law and other ancient monuments. They accentuated the region's unique volcanic landscape to make it reflect their mythology, which spoke of gods descending from Earth and the local ruler being a representative of the sun god - Loth. Throughout history, the land remained special: the Romans did not conquer the Gododdin, as they called the inhabitants. And when the Romans were retreating from Britain and for the first time, neighboring tribes tried to lay claim to the land, a magnificent warrior ap…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62309-234-4
- EAN: 9781623092344
- Produktnummer: 17902668
- Verlag: BookBaby
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'145 KB
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