The drowning of ‘Lyonesse
Early legends of land submergence in southwest Britain and geoscience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5970742 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Nunn (0000-0001-9295-5741, University of the Sunshine Coast, corresponding author), Patrick D Nunn, Rita Compatangelo-Soussignan (0000-0003-4778-7085, Archéologie des Amériques) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folk Life (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0430-8778 • E-ISSN: 1759-670X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/04308778.2024.2322818 |
| OpenAlex | W4392234799 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Stories about a submerged land named Lyonesse abound in culture traditions of Southwest Britain and plausibly derive from memories of land loss within the Scilly Isles.We review Lyonesse stories, their links to Arthurian romances and Greek/Roman accounts of the Cassiterides, and trace their divergent evolution.From this region's history of land-sea movements and human occupation, we propose Lyonesse stories originated more than 4000 years ago when rising sea level divided a single inhabited island in the Scilly group.The comparable antiquity of similar stories is a compelling reason for supposing Lyonesse stories originated from observations of submergence encoded in cultural memories through oral traditions that endured in intelligible form for several millennia to reach us today.
Archaeology · Geography · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Water management and technologies
A multi-proxy investigation of human–environment interactions from a coastal marsh in south-west England, UK
The Cassiterides (Tin) Islands, their metamorphosis into the ‘Pseudo-Azores' and their transmission through the earliest ‘modern' maps of Spain (XV–XVI centuries)
Remembering and forgetting
Ridiculous Assertions or Eyewitness Accounts
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |