2156.
Davies
(Wendy): The place of healing in early Irish society.
In
Sages, saints and storytellers [Fs. Carney]
(1989), pp. 43–55.
Discusses healing miracles in the
Vitae
; remedies in early Irish law (
Bretha crólige
, etc.); function of the
liaig
and female healing; magical healing, charms.
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Classifications:
I 1.2 Society: Law, institutions: Early Irish law
I 3.2 Society: Rites, magic: Charms, incantations, invocations
K 2.1 Christianity: Hagiography and hagiology: General and various
M 7.1 Prehistory, cultural history: Sciences: Medicine
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Words/Proper Names:
liaig
Author/Textual Sources:
Bretha crólige