The Celtic Druids

저자
정보 없음
출판사
Cosimo Classics
출판일
20070601
ISBN
9781602066700
ISBN 등록 지역
영어권 (ISBN 978-1)

소개

Called by the author "an attempt to shew, that the Druids were the priests of Oriental colonies who emigrated from India" and also that they were "the builders of Stonehenge, of Carnac, and of other Cyclopean works, in Asia and in Europe," this delightful example of 19th-century esoterica explores the similarities between Irish and Hebrew letters, wonders whether Virgil was a Druid, examines the "surprising ignorance of the Greeks," details the Druid origin of Christmas celebrations, and much mo