Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h (18 October 1926, Auray – 9 January 2012, Guilers) was a French philologist and linguist who specialised in Celtic studies.
Biography
Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h was born on 18 October 1926 in Auray, Brittany (France), and grew up in a French-Breton bilingual environment. Along with his wife, Françoise Le Roux [fr] (1927–2004), he wrote numerous works on Celtic studies, including Les Druides ('The Druids', 1986), La Civilisation celtique ('Celtic Civilization', 1990), La Société celtique ('Celtic Society', 1991), Les Fêtes celtiques ('Celtic Festivals', 1995), and Les Royaumes Celtiques ('The Celtic Kingdoms', 2001). Georges Dumézil directed Le Roux's first studies and was president of the jury at Guyonvarc'h's doctorate thesis in 1980.[1][2]
Morrigan-Bodb-Macha : la souveraineté guerrière de l'Irlande (1983)
Aux origines du breton : Le glossaire vannetais du Chevalier Arnold von Harff, voyageur allemand du XVe, Ogam-Celticum, 1984, ISBN2902761031, study realized by Christian J. Guyonvarc'h
Les Fêtes celtiques, with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, series De mémoire d’homme : l’histoire, Rennes, 1995 ISBN978-2-7373-1198-7
Magie, médecine et divination chez les Celtes, Bibliothèque scientifique Payot, Paris, 1997 ISBN2-228-89112-6
Le Dialogue des deux Sages, Bibliothèque scientifique Payot, Paris, 1999, ISBN2-228-89214-9
La légende de la ville d'Is, with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, cseries De mémoire d'homme : l'histoire, Rennes, 2000 ISBN2-7373-1413-5
Les Royaumes Celtiques (2001)
Le Catholicon, reprint of the Jehan Calvez edition owned by the city of Rennes (5 November 1499), éditions Ogam, Rennes, 1975, reprinted by éditions Armeline, Brest, 2005
Le Sacrifice dans la tradition celtique, éditions Armeline, Brest, 2005, ISBN2-910878-31-7