Otherworld Women in Early Irish Literature /

Otherworld Women in Early Irish Literature / / Heather Key.

In early Ireland, there were many names for what scholars have dubbed the ‘Otherworld’: the Plain of Delights, the Land of Youth, the Land of Promise, and more. Many of the myths and legends from this period involve an encounter between a hero and a woman from this Otherworld, with sufficient freque...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Key, Heather,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:The Early Medieval North Atlantic ; 16
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Part I Introduction
  • 1 Women in Early Ireland
  • 2 The ‘Otherworld’ of Early Ireland
  • Part II The Texts
  • 3 Echtrae Chonnlai and Immram Brain
  • 4 Serglige Con Culainn
  • 5 The Eponymous Goddesses of Lebor Gabála Érenn
  • 6 Echtrae Nerai
  • 7 A Fair Shake: Otherworld Men as Intermediaries
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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