Old Norse Images of Women / / Jenny Jochens.
Working from the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and Old Norse prose narratives and laws, Jenny Jochens argues for an underlying cultural continuum of a pagan pantheon and a set of heroic figures shared by the Germanic tribes in Europe, Britain, Scandinavia, and Iceland from A.D. 500 to 1500. Old Norse...
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Jochens, Jenny, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Old Norse Images of Women / Jenny Jochens. Reprint 2016 Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016] ©1996 1 online resource (328 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Middle Ages Series Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Germanic-Nordic Continuum -- 2. Ancient Female Figures -- 3. The Classical Nordic Pantheon: Goddesses and Gender -- 4. The Warrior Woman -- 5. The Prophetess/Sorceress -- 6. The Avenger -- 7. The Whetter: Brynhildr -- 8. The Nordic Whetter -- Conclusion -- Appendix One: Sources -- Appendix Two: Historiography of Norse Women–Paul-Henri Mallet and Laurits Engelstoft -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Working from the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and Old Norse prose narratives and laws, Jenny Jochens argues for an underlying cultural continuum of a pagan pantheon and a set of heroic figures shared by the Germanic tribes in Europe, Britain, Scandinavia, and Iceland from A.D. 500 to 1500. Old Norse Images of Women explores the female half of this legacy, which involves images both divine and human. In a society marked by sharp gender divisions, women were frequently portrayed as one of four conventional types. The warrior woman was exemplified by the valkyrie, sheildmaiden, or maiden king. The wise woman was a prophetess or sorceress. The avenger is best seen in Gudrun, whose focus of revenge shifted from husband to brothers. Last, there were the whetters or inciters, who appear both in the Continental setting as Brynhildr and as ubiquitous figures in medieval Icelandic literature, ranging from Norwegian queens to humble milkmaids. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020) Goddesses in literature. Mythology, Norse. Old Norse literature History and criticism. Women in literature. Women Scandinavia History Middle Ages, 500-1500. HISTORY / Medieval. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) 9783110442526 print 9780812233582 https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512802818 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781512802818 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781512802818.jpg |
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