ISBN:
9781501773396
,
9781501773402
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 333 Seiten
Series Statement:
Myth and poetics II
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mitchell, Stephen A. (Stephen Arthur), 1951- Old Norse folklore
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mitchell, Stephen A., 1951 - Old Norse Folklore
DDC:
398.20948
Keywords:
Folklore History To 1500
;
Mythology, Norse History
;
Old Norse literature History and criticism
;
Old Norse philology
;
Altnordisch
;
Literatur
;
Skandinavien
;
Mythologie
Abstract:
"These volumes outline critical elements learned from Scandinavian philology, folkloristics, archaeology, memory studies, and ethnography that provide not only an overview of the medieval Scandinavian world but also original arguments and interpretations that advance scholarly discussion in these areas"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Orality, oral theory, and memory studies -- Continuity: folklore's problem child? -- Performance and Norse poetry: the hydromel of praise and the effluvia of scorn -- Old Norse riddles and other verbal contests in performance -- Skírnir's other journey: The riddle of Gleipnir -- The goddess Gná -- Óðinn, charms and necromancy: Hávamál 157 in its Nordic and European contexts -- Memory, mediality, and the 'performative turn': recontextualizing remembering in medieval Scandinavia -- Memory and places that matter: the case of Samsø -- The mythologized past: memory in medieval and early modern Gotland -- Heroic legend and onomastics: Hálfs saga, the Hildebrandslied and the Listerby stones -- Courts, consorts, and the transformation of medieval Scandinavian literature -- On the old Swedish Trollmöte or Mik mötte en gamul kerling.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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