Pagan Myth and Christian Tradition in English Poetry
Title | Pagan Myth and Christian Tradition in English Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Bush (John Nash Douglas.) |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1968 |
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Pagan Myth and Christian Tradition in English Poetry
Title | Pagan Myth and Christian Tradition in English Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Bush |
Publisher | Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
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Pagan myth and Christian tradition in English poetry ... Jayne Lectures for 1967
Title | Pagan myth and Christian tradition in English poetry ... Jayne Lectures for 1967 PDF eBook |
Author | John Nash Douglas BUSH |
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Pages | 112 |
Release | 1968 |
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Pagan Myth and Christian Tradition in English Poetry
Title | Pagan Myth and Christian Tradition in English Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Bush |
Publisher | Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
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Mythology and the Romantic Tradition in English Poetry
Title | Mythology and the Romantic Tradition in English Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas Bush |
Publisher | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press |
Pages | 680 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
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Incorporates the results of recent scholarship and criticism, particularly in the work of Spenser and Milton.
Pagan Mythology and the Christian Religion in the Poetry and Prose of John Keats
Title | Pagan Mythology and the Christian Religion in the Poetry and Prose of John Keats PDF eBook |
Author | William Ransom Wood |
Publisher | |
Pages | 634 |
Release | 1939 |
Genre | Bible |
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Christian Mythology
Title | Christian Mythology PDF eBook |
Author | Philippe Walter |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2014-11-20 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1620553694 |
Reveals how Christian mythology has more to do with long-standing pagan traditions than the Bible • Explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion • Identifies pagan deities that were incorporated into each of the saints • Shows how all the major holidays in the Christian calendar are modeled on pagan rituals and myths, including Easter and Christmas In this extensive study of the Christian mythology that animated Europe in the Middle Ages, author Philippe Walter reveals how these stories and the holiday traditions connected with them are based on long-standing pagan rituals and myths and have very little connection to the Bible. The author explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion. Rather than tear down the pagan temples in Britain, Pope Gregory the Great advised Saint Augustine of Canterbury to add the pagan rituals into the mix of Christian practices and transform the pagan temples into churches. Instead of religious conversion, it was simply a matter of convincing the populace to include Jesus in their current religious practices. Providing extensive documentation, Walter shows which major calendar days of the Christian year are founded on pagan rituals and myths, including the high holidays of Easter and Christmas. Examining hagiographic accounts of the saints, he reveals the origin of these symbolic figures in the deities worshipped in pagan Europe for centuries. He also explores how the identities of saints and pagan figures became so intermingled that some saints were transformed into pagan incarnations, such as Mary Magdalene’s conversion into one of the Celtic Ladies of the Lake. In revealing the pagan roots of many Christian figures, stories, and rituals, Walter provides a new understanding of the evolution of religious belief.