Abstract
"The Celts were a group of related tribes, Iinked by language, religion, and culture that gave ise.to the first civilization north of the Alps. They emerged . as' a distinet people in the eighth century BC.- about the time Homer was cornposinq his lIiad and Odyssey" Severey 1977:585). The Celts were highly civilized people, and they introduced iron to the northem Europe, soap to the Greeks (severey 1977:585). The Celts had a very rich literatere as well. Although they were different from those belonging to English literature since the Celtic Iiterary works were more intuitive, mystieal, melancholic; there were many mythologieal tales, love tales, sagas and poetic bardie lore. According to modem lrish scholars, the Celts anived in Ireland about 350 BC. The Celts are the ancestors of lrish and Scottish people. Despite the faet that the lrish have mixed ethnicorigin Iike many other modem societies, they think thernselves as Celtic.
Keywords
References
- - Abanazır,Can 1990 "Irish Myths and Legends:A Brief Study" The Birth and Growth of a Department, Ankara: Hacettepe Unıversıty. 79-82
- - Armstrong,W. A. 1967 "The lrish Literary Dramatic Movemen1" Classicallrish Drama Middlesex: Penguin BoOks. 7-15.
- - Ellis-Fermor,Una 964 The lrish Dramatic Movement London: Methuen and Co.
- - Kenny,Herbert A. 1974 Literary Dublin Dublin: GiIl and MacMillan
- - O'Connor,Frank 1967 The Backward Look London: MacMillan
- - Saul,George Brandon 1966 The lrish Literature and its backgrounds: A Briet Introduetlon New Jersey: Bucknell University Press
- - Severey,Mene 1977 "The Celts" National GeographicVol. 151 NO.5 Washington. 565-610.
Abstract
"The Celts were a group of related tribes, Iinked by language, religion, and culture that gave ise.to the first civilization north of the Alps. They emerged . as' a distinet people in the eighth century BC.- about the time Homer was cornposinq his lIiad and Odyssey" Severey 1977:585). The Celts were highly civilized people, and they introduced iron to the northem Europe, soap to the Greeks (severey 1977:585). The Celts had a very rich literatere as well. Although they were different from those belonging to English literature since the Celtic Iiterary works were more intuitive, mystieal, melancholic; there were many mythologieal tales, love tales, sagas and poetic bardie lore. According to modem lrish scholars, the Celts anived in Ireland about 350 BC. The Celts are the ancestors of lrish and Scottish people. Despite the faet that the lrish have mixed ethnicorigin Iike many other modem societies, they think thernselves as Celtic.
Keywords
References
- - Abanazır,Can 1990 "Irish Myths and Legends:A Brief Study" The Birth and Growth of a Department, Ankara: Hacettepe Unıversıty. 79-82
- - Armstrong,W. A. 1967 "The lrish Literary Dramatic Movemen1" Classicallrish Drama Middlesex: Penguin BoOks. 7-15.
- - Ellis-Fermor,Una 964 The lrish Dramatic Movement London: Methuen and Co.
- - Kenny,Herbert A. 1974 Literary Dublin Dublin: GiIl and MacMillan
- - O'Connor,Frank 1967 The Backward Look London: MacMillan
- - Saul,George Brandon 1966 The lrish Literature and its backgrounds: A Briet Introduetlon New Jersey: Bucknell University Press
- - Severey,Mene 1977 "The Celts" National GeographicVol. 151 NO.5 Washington. 565-610.
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Studies on Education |
| Journal Section | Table of Contents |
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| Publication Date | March 30, 2015 |
| Published in Issue | Year 1994 Volume: 9 |