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Pettit, Edward, “Corieltauvian ‘boar horse’ coin iconography as a precursor of medieval Celtic boar myths”, Studia Hibernica 46 (2020): 27–39.

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“Corieltauvian ‘boar horse’ coin iconography as a precursor of medieval Celtic boar myths”
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Studia Hibernica 46 (2020)
Mac Murchaidh, Ciarán, and William Murphy (eds), Studia Hibernica 46 (2020).
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46
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27–39
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This article suggests that an iconographic design found on early instances of a series of Iron Age British coins may foreshadow medieval Celtic myths about fantastic boar. Parallels are drawn with traditions about Balar’s boar, Cú Chulainn and Formáel’s boar, and with the Welsh episode of Menw and Twrch Trwyth.

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Cú ChulainnCú Chulainn
Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)
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boars animals iconography Celtic art boar mytths
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Dennis Groenewegen
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