David Gordon White
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- September 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780226692401
- eISBN:
- 9780226715063
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226715063.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Widely attested in Indic, Greek, and Celtic literature, mythic accounts of a fraught encounter between a hero together with a group of human “brothers” and the shape-shifting genius loci of a sylvan ...
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Widely attested in Indic, Greek, and Celtic literature, mythic accounts of a fraught encounter between a hero together with a group of human “brothers” and the shape-shifting genius loci of a sylvan lucus—either a body of placid water or a forest grove—have two principal variants. When that dæmon is male, he tests the humans with riddles that they are required to answer at the peril of their lives. When the dæmon is female, she is often cast as the sister or surrogate of the male genius loci. Overcome by the cunning, force, beauty or goodness of the hero, she betrays her brother and gives herself up, often sexually, to the hero. This latter variant frequently overlaps with Indo-European myths concerning the winning of female Sovereignty, embodied in a goddess who first appears to the hero in a horrific form and threatens his life. The former variant, in which the genius loci is male, may be reflective of an ancient ritual complex involving riddles posed by a dæmon to humans trespassing its lucus, or, as in the case of the Greco-Roman world, questions posed by humans to a dæmon oracle.Less
Widely attested in Indic, Greek, and Celtic literature, mythic accounts of a fraught encounter between a hero together with a group of human “brothers” and the shape-shifting genius loci of a sylvan lucus—either a body of placid water or a forest grove—have two principal variants. When that dæmon is male, he tests the humans with riddles that they are required to answer at the peril of their lives. When the dæmon is female, she is often cast as the sister or surrogate of the male genius loci. Overcome by the cunning, force, beauty or goodness of the hero, she betrays her brother and gives herself up, often sexually, to the hero. This latter variant frequently overlaps with Indo-European myths concerning the winning of female Sovereignty, embodied in a goddess who first appears to the hero in a horrific form and threatens his life. The former variant, in which the genius loci is male, may be reflective of an ancient ritual complex involving riddles posed by a dæmon to humans trespassing its lucus, or, as in the case of the Greco-Roman world, questions posed by humans to a dæmon oracle.
Jon Parry
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853238485
- eISBN:
- 9781846313356
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853238485.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter investigates the internment camp at Frongoch for rebels of the Easter Rising. Medical support and religious succour were important services that had to be sought. Publicity and ...
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This chapter investigates the internment camp at Frongoch for rebels of the Easter Rising. Medical support and religious succour were important services that had to be sought. Publicity and propaganda were important to the internees. The clear deficiency of medical care resulted in widespread protests both inside and outside the camp. Data shows that Irish and Welsh classes were maintained at Frongoch, and that the inmates also developed their political education, although most of them had little understanding of political issues. Frongoch later went into Irish mythology, and the men who had ached there became part of a hierarchy of the revolutionary tradition. It then caught the Welsh imagination, particularly among the nationalist community, and additionally, developed an artificial society that had no hope of survival in a wider political arena.Less
This chapter investigates the internment camp at Frongoch for rebels of the Easter Rising. Medical support and religious succour were important services that had to be sought. Publicity and propaganda were important to the internees. The clear deficiency of medical care resulted in widespread protests both inside and outside the camp. Data shows that Irish and Welsh classes were maintained at Frongoch, and that the inmates also developed their political education, although most of them had little understanding of political issues. Frongoch later went into Irish mythology, and the men who had ached there became part of a hierarchy of the revolutionary tradition. It then caught the Welsh imagination, particularly among the nationalist community, and additionally, developed an artificial society that had no hope of survival in a wider political arena.
