Christopher R Fee
Biographic Data
| ID | 6393227 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher R Fee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher R |
| FAMILY NAME | Fee |
| SIGNATURE | FEE C R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Studies in the Medieval Atlantic
Gwyn Jones famously posited the notion of a cogent Norse identity as manifested by common language, culture, and mythology; further, as he clarified in his landmark work A History of the Vikings, law and the practice of law in local and national assemblies was a fundamental component of such a unifying cultural characteristic: "...for the Scandinavian peoples in general, their respect for law, their insistence upon its public and democratic exerc…
Gods, Heroes, & Kings
The islands of Britain have been a crossroads of gods, heroes, and kings—those of flesh as well as those of myth—for thousands of years. Successive waves of invasion brought distinctive legends, rites, and beliefs. The ancient Celts displaced earlier indigenous peoples only to find themselves displaced in turn by the Romans, who then abandoned the islands to Germanic tribes, a people themselves nearly overcome in time by an influx of Scandinavian…
Gods, Heroes, & Kings
Deity Types
The pantheon of any given mythology is composed of gods and goddess who should be recognizable as mythological types to followers of other systems. The supreme being, the great goddess, the trickster, the dying god, the thunder-god, and several archetypal deity figures are found in the mythologies of Greece, India, Egypt, Mesopotamia, as well as Northern Europe and the British Isles. This chapter examines the Celtic and Germanic manifestations of…
The pāntheons
A pantheon is an overview of a given culture's gods and goddesses and reflects not only the society's values but also its sense of itself. This chapter discusses the Germanic pantheon, which includes the Norse and Saxon deities, and the Celtic pantheon, which includes the gods and goddesses associated with Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, and especially Ireland. It provides a background of both Germanic and Celtic mythology and examines some of their r…
Studies in the Medieval Atlantic
Gwyn Jones famously posited the notion of a cogent Norse identity as manifested by common language, culture, and mythology; further, as he clarified in his landmark work A History of the Vikings, law and the practice of law in local and national assemblies was a fundamental component of such a unifying cultural characteristic: "...for the Scandinavian peoples in general, their respect for law, their insistence upon its public and democratic exerc…
Gods, Heroes, & Kings
The islands of Britain have been a crossroads of gods, heroes, and kings—those of flesh as well as those of myth—for thousands of years. Successive waves of invasion brought distinctive legends, rites, and beliefs. The ancient Celts displaced earlier indigenous peoples only to find themselves displaced in turn by the Romans, who then abandoned the islands to Germanic tribes, a people themselves nearly overcome in time by an influx of Scandinavian…
Gods, Heroes, & Kings
Deity Types
The pantheon of any given mythology is composed of gods and goddess who should be recognizable as mythological types to followers of other systems. The supreme being, the great goddess, the trickster, the dying god, the thunder-god, and several archetypal deity figures are found in the mythologies of Greece, India, Egypt, Mesopotamia, as well as Northern Europe and the British Isles. This chapter examines the Celtic and Germanic manifestations of…
The pāntheons
A pantheon is an overview of a given culture's gods and goddesses and reflects not only the society's values but also its sense of itself. This chapter discusses the Germanic pantheon, which includes the Norse and Saxon deities, and the Celtic pantheon, which includes the gods and goddesses associated with Wales, Scotland, Cornwall, and especially Ireland. It provides a background of both Germanic and Celtic mythology and examines some of their r…
Studies in the Medieval Atlantic
Gwyn Jones famously posited the notion of a cogent Norse identity as manifested by common language, culture, and mythology; further, as he clarified in his landmark work A History of the Vikings, law and the practice of law in local and national assemblies was a fundamental component of such a unifying cultural characteristic: "...for the Scandinavian peoples in general, their respect for law, their insistence upon its public and democratic exerc…
History (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Celtic languages (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Mythology (2 works)