Bibliography

Alexandra
Bergholm
s. xx–xxi

13 publications between 2005 and 2019 indexed
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2019

article
Bergholm, Alexandra, “‘My druid is Christ’: the development and transformation of a tradition relating to St. Columba of Iona”, North American Journal of Celtic Studies 3:2 (2019): 171–191.
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2018

article
Bergholm, Alexandra, “Immram curaig Maile Duin: Máel Dúinin veneen merimatka”, Studia Celtica Fennica 15 (2018): 7–27.
Studia Celtica Fennica: <link>

2016

article
Ritari, Katja, and Alexandra Bergholm, “Fingal Rónáin: Rónánin suvun surma”, Studia Celtica Fennica 13 (2016): 23–32.
Studia Celtica Fennica: <link>

2015

edited work
Ritari, Katja, and Alexandra Bergholm (eds), Understanding Celtic religion: revisiting the pagan past, New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2015.  
abstract:
Although it has long been acknowledged that the early Irish literary corpus preserves both pre-Christian and Christian elements, the challenges involved in the understanding of these different strata have not been subjected to critical examination. This volume draws attention to the importance of reconsidering the relationship between religion and mythology, as well as the concept of ‘Celtic religion’ itself. When scholars are attempting to construct the so-called ‘Celtic’ belief system, what counts as ‘religion’? Or, when labelling something as ‘religion’ as opposed to ‘mythology’, what do these entities entail? This volume is the first interdisciplinary collection of articles which critically reevaluates the methodological challenges of the study of ‘Celtic religion’; the authors are eminent scholars in the field of Celtic Studies representing the disciplines of theology, literary studies, history, law and archaeology, and the book represents a significant contribution to the present scholarly debate concerning the pre-Christian elements in early medieval source materials.
abstract:
Although it has long been acknowledged that the early Irish literary corpus preserves both pre-Christian and Christian elements, the challenges involved in the understanding of these different strata have not been subjected to critical examination. This volume draws attention to the importance of reconsidering the relationship between religion and mythology, as well as the concept of ‘Celtic religion’ itself. When scholars are attempting to construct the so-called ‘Celtic’ belief system, what counts as ‘religion’? Or, when labelling something as ‘religion’ as opposed to ‘mythology’, what do these entities entail? This volume is the first interdisciplinary collection of articles which critically reevaluates the methodological challenges of the study of ‘Celtic religion’; the authors are eminent scholars in the field of Celtic Studies representing the disciplines of theology, literary studies, history, law and archaeology, and the book represents a significant contribution to the present scholarly debate concerning the pre-Christian elements in early medieval source materials.
article
Bergholm, Alexandra, and Katja Ritari, “Introduction: ‘Celtic religion’: is this a valid concept?”, in: Katja Ritari, and Alexandra Bergholm (eds), Understanding Celtic religion: revisiting the pagan past, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2015. 1–8.
article
Bergholm, Alexandra, “Keening in the poems of Blathmac”, in: John Carey, Kevin Murray, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), Sacred histories: a Festschrift for Máire Herbert, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015. 2–13.

2014

article
Bergholm, Alexandra, “The authorship and transmission of Buile Suibhne: a reappraisal”, in: John Carey (ed.), Buile Suibhne: perspectives and reassessments, 26, London: Irish Texts Society, 2014. 93–110.
article
Bergholm, Alexandra, “What was the ‘assembly of the ‘hand-clapping’’ in AU 772?”, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 33 (2013, 2014): 35–51.

2012

work
Bergholm, Alexandra, From shaman to saint: interpretative strategies in the study of Buile Shuibhne, Folklore Fellows' Communications, 302, Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 2012. 212 pp.

2008

edited work
Ritari, Katja, and Alexandra Bergholm (eds), Approaches to religion and mythology in Celtic studies, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
article
Bergholm, Alexandra, “‘Betwixt and between’: theorising liminality and sacredness in Buile Suibhne”, in: Katja Ritari, and Alexandra Bergholm (eds), Approaches to religion and mythology in Celtic studies, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, 2008. 243–263.

2007

article
Bergholm, Alexandra, “Folly for Christ’s sake in early Irish literature: the case of Suibhne Geilt reconsidered”, Studia Celtica Fennica 4 (2007): 7–14.
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2005

article
Bergholm, Alexandra, “Academic and neopagan interpretations of shamanism in Buile Suibhne: a comparative approach”, Studia Celtica Fennica 2 — Essays in honour of Anders Ahlqvist (2005): 30–46.
Www.sfks.org: <link>