Words and Proper Names

mas

2818.
Mac Mathúna (Liam): The Christianization of the early Irish cosmos?: muir mas, nem nglas, talam cé (Blath. 258).
In ZCP 49–50 (1997), pp. 532–547.
Provides a semantic study of the terms used in Irish to describe the perceived organization of the universe, focusing on the transition from the pagan Celtic three-fold cosmic conception of earth, sea and sky to the Christian dichotomy of heaven and earth. Discusses in particular material from the Blathmac poems (cf. BILL 5593).