Littleton / Malcor From Scythia to Camelot

A Radical Reassessment of the Legends of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Holy Grail
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-317-77771-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten

Reihe: Arthurian Characters and Themes

This volume boldly proposes that the core of the Arthurian and Holy Grail traditions derived not from Celtic mythology, but rather from the folklore of the peoples of ancient Scythia (what are now the South Russian and Ukrainian steppes). Also includes 19 maps.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Littleton, C. Scott

Malcor, Linda A.

Malcor, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I: The Cultural and Historical Background
1.The Northeast Iranians
Part II: Figures
2. Arthurian and the Sarmatian Connection
3. Lancelot and the "Alan of Lot"
4. The Knights and the Narts
5. Women, Water, and Warriors
Part III: Themes and Images
6. The Sword and the Stone
7. The Serpent Image
Part Iv: The Holy Grail
8. The Holy Grail, the Cauldron of Annwin, and the Nartamongae
9. The AQlans and the Grail
10. The Grail Keepers
Conclusions
Appendix 1. A Note on Soources
Appendix 2. Genealogies
Appendix 3. A Reinterpretation of Nennius's Battle List
References Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

C. Scott Littleton is professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at occidental College in Los Angeles, California. He is the author of numerous books and articles on comparative Indo-European mythology, including the The New Comparative Anthology: An Anthropological Assesment of the Theories of Georges Dumezil (3rg Edition, 1982). He has also published extensively on Japanese Mythology and Folklore.
Linda A. Malcor is a California-based free-lance writer and researcher. She holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Mythology from UCLA and occassionally teaches and lectures on the Arthurian legends. In addition to scholarly publications, she writes fantasy fiction and screenplays.