Myth and history in Celtic and Scandinavian traditions /
Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions explores the traditions of two fascinating and contiguous cultures in north-western Europe. History regularly brought these two peoples into contact, most prominently with the Viking invasion of Ireland. In the famous Second Battle of Moytura, g...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2021]
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Colección: | Early medieval North Atlantic.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Emily Lyle
- Celtic Tradition
- 1. The Nature of the Fomoiri: The Dark Other in the Medieval Irish Imagination
- John Carey
- 2. Tuatha Dé and Fomoiri in Cath Maige Tuired
- Elizabeth A. Gray
- 3. Exploring Cath Maige Tuired through the Concept of Hybridity
- Ina Tuomala
- 4. How Time Flies in the Cath Maige Tuired
- Joseph Falaky Nagy
- 5. The Idols of the Pagan Irish in the Medieval Literary Imagination
- Alexandra Bergholm
- 6. Myth as a Historical Resource: The Case of Orgain Denna Ríg (The Destruction of Dinn Ríg)
- Kevin Murray
- 7. Hagiography as Political Documentation: The Case of Betha Beraigh (The Life of St Berach)
- Ksenia Kudenko
- Scandinavian Tradition
- 8. Baldr's Achilles' Heel? About the Scandinavian Three-God B-Bracteates
- Karen Bek-Pedersen
- 9. The Cult of Óðinn in the Early Scandinavian Warrior Aristocracy
- Joshua Rood
- 10. Myth to History in Saxo
- Morten Warmind
- 11. The Scylding Dynasty in Saxo and Beowulf as Disguised Theogony
- Emily Lyle
- 12. Loki the Slandered God? Selective Omission of Skaldic Citations in Snorri Sturluson's Edda
- James Parkhouse
- 13. Ymir, Baldr, and the Grand Narrative Arc of Mythological History
- Jonas Wellendorf
- Index
- List of Tables
- Table 10.1 A comparison of narratives in Thórsdrápa, Saxo, and Snorri
- Table 11.1. The four-generation divine model showing Helga/Helgi as the father or grandfather of Hroðulf/Rolf Krake
- Table 11.2. The effect of the inclusion of the Yrsa generation on the parallels between the Danish and Geatish royal lines
- Table 11.3. Illicit intercourse present in Saxo and absent from Beowulf
- Table 11.4. The Old Norse gods in Snorri who have equivalents in the postulated theogonic sequence in Saxo
- List of Images
- Figure 8.1 The 3-Figure B-Bracteates Skovsborg (IK 165).
- Figure 8.2 Fakse (IK 51, 1).
- Figure 8.3 Killerup (IK 51, 2).
- Figure 8.4 Denmark (IK 40).
- Figure 8.5 Denmark (IK 39).
- Figure 8.6 Zagórzyn (IK 20).
- Figure 8.7 Gummerup (IK 66).
- Figure 8.8 Gudme (IK 51, 3).
- Figure 8.9 Fuglsang/Sorte Muld (IK 595).
- Figure 8.10 Snogskilden (IK 646), drawn by theauthor.
- Figure 8.11 Hvorslevgård (IK 675), drawn by the author.
- Figure 8.12 Dalshøj (IK 685), drawn by the author.
- Figure 9.1 The distribution of theophoric place names in Scandinavia containing the name of the god Óðinn
- open circles are uncertain. Based on Brink, 'How Uniform was the Old Norse Religion?', p. 112, with locations of sites using salr ('hall') added. By
- Figure 9.2 The 'Helping Figure', from Greta Arwidsson, Båtgravarna i Valsgärde, p. 58. Permission requested from Statens Historiska Museer.
- Figure 9.3 The 'Torslunda Dancer', from Knut Stjerna, Hjälmar och svärd i Beovulf, p. 103. By permission of Statens Historiska Museer.