Het mensenoffer als literair motif in het middeleeuwse Ierland

This article describes four of the twelve extant examples of the motif of human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature. One of these is extensively analysed: the narrative in prose and poetry about pre-Christian, annual child sacrifice on the Plain of Slécht from the dindshenchas, the collection of...

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Main Author: Borsje, Jacqueline 1961- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:Dutch
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Published: Boekencentrum 2004
In: Nederlands theologisch tijdschrift
Year: 2004, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Human sacrifice (Motif) / Ireland / Literature / Middle Ages
RelBib Classification:BD Ancient European religions
CD Christianity and Culture
KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages
KBF British Isles