Pagan Symbols of the Picts by Stuart McHardy sampler
Stuart McHardy examines the Pictish symbols which have been discovered on various items across Scotland. The book sets out a cohesive interpretation of the Pictish past, using a variety of both temporal and geographical sources. This interpretation serves as a backdrop for his analysis of the symbols themselves, providing a context for his suggestion that there was an underlying series of ideas and beliefs behind the creation of the symbols.
Stuart McHardy examines the Pictish symbols which have been discovered on various items across Scotland. The book sets out a cohesive interpretation of the Pictish past, using a variety of both temporal and geographical sources. This interpretation serves as a backdrop for his analysis of the symbols themselves, providing a context for his suggestion that there was an underlying series of ideas and beliefs behind the creation of the symbols.
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Contents<br />
Preface 7<br />
Introduction 9<br />
Map 12<br />
chapter one Who Were <strong>the</strong> <strong>Picts</strong>? 15<br />
chapter two Pictish Symbolism 39<br />
chapter three Dating 49<br />
chapter four Symbolism 51<br />
chapter five Before Literature 55<br />
chapter six The Symbol Stones 57<br />
Animals<br />
Bear 59<br />
Boar/Sow 60<br />
Cattle 67<br />
Deer 73<br />
Dog 82<br />
Eagle 84<br />
Goose 88<br />
Horse 89<br />
Salmon 92<br />
Serpent 95<br />
Serpent and Z-rod 98<br />
The ‘Beastie’ 98<br />
Geometric Shapes<br />
Cauldron 102<br />
Circles 106<br />
Crescent and V-rod 107<br />
Double Crescent 109<br />
Double Disc 110<br />
Mirror and Comb/Mirror and Comb Case 112<br />
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