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De Beltaine à Pâques

2002; Presses universitaires de Caen; Volume: 27; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3406/irlan.2002.1632

2259-8863

Frédéric Armao,

Religious Tourism and Spaces

This article argues that some of the Irish monks attempted to assimilate Beltaine to Easter. We will go through the Irish Annals as well as the Lebor Gabâla Erenn and the hagiographies of Muirchû and Tirechân and see that these works are at variance with the most popular theory — that is Samain stands for the 'Easter of the pagans'.