Justement, pour ceux qui lisent l'anglais (ce qui est indispensable, à mon avis, quand on s'intéresse aux Celtes, à moins de se priver de nombreuses sources), il faut lire l'excellent ouvrage de Alwyn et Brinley Rees, paru en 1961 et réédité en 1973 (éd. Thames & Hudson),
Celtic Heritage, Ancient tradition in Ireland and Wales.
CELTIC HERITAGE
Ancient tradition in Ireland and Wales
A. & B. REES
Quatrième de couverture :
Alwyn and Brinley Rees reinterpret Celtic tradition in the light of advances made in the comparative study of religion, mythology and anthropology. Part One considers the distinguishing features of the various Cycles of tales and the personages who figure most prominently in them. Part Two reveals the cosmological framework within which the action of the tales takes place. Part Three consists of a discussion of the themes of certain classes of stories which tell of Conceptions and Births, Supernatural Adventures, Courtships and Marriages, Violent Deaths and Voyages to the Other World, and an attempt is made to understand their religious function and to glimpse their transcendent meaning.
TABLE DES MATIERES
PREFACE
PART ONE - THE TRADITION
I. Introduction
II. Branches of the Tradition
PART TWO - THE WORLD OF MEANING
III. Darkness and Light
IV. Coming into Existence
V. A Hierarchy of Provinces
VI. Involutions
VII. The Centre
VIII. Five Peaks
IX. Numbers
PART THREE - THE MEANING OF STORY
X. The Storyteller"s Repertoire
XI. Births
XII. Youthful Exploits
XIII. Wooings
XIV. Elopements
XV. Adventures
XVI. Voyages
XVII. Deaths
XVIII. Epilogue
ABBREVIATIONS
NOTES
INDEX