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Hutton's Critical Quote is a Misquote

This article attributes the following sentence to Hutton, but it appears nowhere in his book, The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles:

"According to Ronald Hutton, it 'remains a major source of confusion about the ancient Celts and influences many un-scholarly views of Celtic paganism'." This is likely copied from a Blog Post by one Morgan Daimler from her blog, "Living Liminally" (sic). But, she got the quotation totally wrong. Virtually nothing like it appears in Hutton's book. At least not with this tone!

Graves and the Goddess

Why has no one cited any of the articles from the book, Graves and the Goddess: Essays on Robert Graves The White Goddess, ed. by Ian Firla and Grevel Lindop? This article seems rather slanted and biased without their academic contributions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.39.20.64 (talk) 23:12, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect placement of the TS Eliot quote?

The current placement of the T.S. Eliot quote makes it sound as though Eliot were one of the who rejected "The White Goddess" or somehow disliked it. In fact, if you follow the citation and read it in full, it is clear that this quote from Eliot was intended as praise of the book:

Eliot was "extremely impressed" with the new version, whose learning and labour were beyond his understanding. Eliot went so far as to describe The White Goddess, in the publisher's catalogue, as a "prodigious, monstrous, stupefying, indescribable book" (qtd in Seymour 312). His enthusiasm was no doubt genuine, yet one should nonetheless note the ambiguity of those four adjectives. 2601:601:511:2740:3C72:F6EA:E646:8974 (talk) 03:27, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]