The irreducible Gauls used to swear by Belenos. – Or did they? Celtic religion, henbane and historical misapprehensions

2017/10/26 by Blanca María Prósper · 5 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Linguistics and language evolution #Medieval Literature and History #Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies #Celtic languages #Psychology #Sociology #Religious studies #History #Philosophy #Ancient history

paper · doi:10.1515/zcph-2017-0007

published in Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 64(1) (University of Bonn)

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Abstract

Article The irreducible Gauls used to swear by Belenos. – Or did they? Celtic religion, henbane and historical misapprehensions was published on October 26, 2017 in the journal Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie (volume 64, issue 1).

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