Myths, Legends, and Heroes : : Essays on Old Norse and Old English Literature /

Myths, Legends, and Heroes : : Essays on Old Norse and Old English Literature / / ed. by Daniel Anlezark.

In Myths, Legends, and Heroes, editor Daniel Anzelark has brought together scholars of Old Norse-Icelandic and Old English literature to explore the translation and transmission of Norse myth, the use of literature in society and authorial self-reflection, the place of myth in the expression of fami...

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MitwirkendeR:
Anlezark, Daniel,
Ashurst, David,
Damico, Helen,
Finlay, Alison,
Hill, Joyce,
Jesch, Judith,
Larrington, Carolyne,
Mcturk, Rory,
Ross, Margaret Clunies,
Ruggerini, Maria Elena,
Simek, Rudolf,
HerausgeberIn:
Anlezark, Daniel,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2011
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • TRANSFORMING PAGANISM
  • The Norse Gods in England and the Isle of Man
  • Elves and Exorcism: Runic and Other Lead Amulets in Medieval Popular Religion
  • Images of Norse Cosmology
  • USING POETRY
  • Meeting the Other: The Cases of Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar and Kumlbúa þáttr
  • Risking One's Head: Vafþrúðnismál and the Mythic Power of Poetry
  • Snorra Edda as Menippean Satire
  • LITERARY HISTORIES
  • Kings, Bishops, and Laws: The Old Norse-Icelandic Version of 1 Maccabees
  • Grendel's Reign of Terror: From History to Vernacular Epic
  • MOTIFS AND THEMES
  • Sibling Drama: Laterality in the Heroic Poems of the Edda
  • Burning Walnuts: An International Motif in the Kings' Sagas
  • A Just and Riding God: Christ's Movement in The Descent into Hell
  • All at Sea: Beowulf's Marvellous Swimming
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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