Old Norse images of women /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jochens, Jenny (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016].
Colección:Middle Ages series.
Temas:
500-1500
Old Norse literature > History and criticism.
Women > Scandinavia > History > Middle Ages, 500-1500.
Goddesses in literature.
Women in literature.
Mythology, Norse.
Littérature vieux norroise > Histoire et critique.
Femmes > Scandinavie > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Déesses dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Mythologie nordique.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Goddesses in literature
Mythology, Norse
Old Norse literature
Women in literature
Women > Middle Ages
Scandinavia
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Germanic-Nordic Continuum
  • DIVINE IMAGES
  • 2. Ancient Female Figures
  • 3. The Classical Nordic Pantheon: Goddesses and Gender
  • HUMAN IMAGES
  • 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

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