The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion, and Power in Celtic Ireland |
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... Celtic Dragon Myth , trans . George Henderson ( Edinburgh : J. Grant , 1911 ) ; Táin Bó Fraich , ed . J. O'Beirne ... Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church ( Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1881 ) , p . 52 . p . 10. Cf. RAC , pp . 40 , 44-45 ; ...
... Celtic Dragon Myth , trans . George Henderson ( Edinburgh : J. Grant , 1911 ) ; Táin Bó Fraich , ed . J. O'Beirne ... Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church ( Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1881 ) , p . 52 . p . 10. Cf. RAC , pp . 40 , 44-45 ; ...
Contents
Eve and the Serpent | 3 |
Crushing the Serpent | 23 |
Brigit as Goddess | 47 |
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