Bibliography
Alexandra
Bergholm s. xx–xxi
Works authored
Works edited
Ritari, Katja, and Alexandra Bergholm (eds), Understanding Celtic religion: revisiting the pagan past, New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2015.
abstract:
Although it has long been acknowledged that the early Irish literary corpus preserves both pre-Christian and Christian elements, the challenges involved in the understanding of these different strata have not been subjected to critical examination. This volume draws attention to the importance of reconsidering the relationship between religion and mythology, as well as the concept of ‘Celtic religion’ itself. When scholars are attempting to construct the so-called ‘Celtic’ belief system, what counts as ‘religion’? Or, when labelling something as ‘religion’ as opposed to ‘mythology’, what do these entities entail? This volume is the first interdisciplinary collection of articles which critically reevaluates the methodological challenges of the study of ‘Celtic religion’; the authors are eminent scholars in the field of Celtic Studies representing the disciplines of theology, literary studies, history, law and archaeology, and the book represents a significant contribution to the present scholarly debate concerning the pre-Christian elements in early medieval source materials.
abstract:
Although it has long been acknowledged that the early Irish literary corpus preserves both pre-Christian and Christian elements, the challenges involved in the understanding of these different strata have not been subjected to critical examination. This volume draws attention to the importance of reconsidering the relationship between religion and mythology, as well as the concept of ‘Celtic religion’ itself. When scholars are attempting to construct the so-called ‘Celtic’ belief system, what counts as ‘religion’? Or, when labelling something as ‘religion’ as opposed to ‘mythology’, what do these entities entail? This volume is the first interdisciplinary collection of articles which critically reevaluates the methodological challenges of the study of ‘Celtic religion’; the authors are eminent scholars in the field of Celtic Studies representing the disciplines of theology, literary studies, history, law and archaeology, and the book represents a significant contribution to the present scholarly debate concerning the pre-Christian elements in early medieval source materials.
Contributions to journals
Bergholm, Alexandra, “Immram curaig Maile Duin: Máel Dúinin veneen merimatka”, Studia Celtica Fennica 15 (2018): 7–27.
Studia Celtica Fennica: <link>
Ritari, Katja, and Alexandra Bergholm, “Fingal Rónáin: Rónánin suvun surma”, Studia Celtica Fennica 13 (2016): 23–32.
Studia Celtica Fennica: <link>
Bergholm, Alexandra, “Folly for Christ’s sake in early Irish literature: the case of Suibhne Geilt reconsidered”, Studia Celtica Fennica 4 (2007): 7–14.
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Bergholm, Alexandra, “Academic and neopagan interpretations of shamanism in Buile Suibhne: a comparative approach”, Studia Celtica Fennica 2 — Essays in honour of Anders Ahlqvist (2005): 30–46.
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