Primitive Beliefs in the Northeast of Scotland
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780766163102
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Sociology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Anthropology - Cultural
First sentence: THE Celtic year was marked by two great fire festivals, Beltane, inaugurating the summer half-year, when the cattle went out to pasture, and Samhain or Halloween, celebrating the commencement of the winter Semester, when the beasts of the field returned to the fold.