Between the worlds :
contexts, sources, and analogues of Scandinavian otherworld journeys /
edited by Matthias Egeler and Wilhelm Heizmann.
| Contributors: | |
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| Summary: | "The rich corpus of literary otherworld journeys that has survived from the Scandinavian - and especially the Icelandic - Middle Ages is in many respects tied to a space 'Between the Worlds'. Every otherworld journey quite literally engages with a space 'between the worlds' in the sense that it plays itself out between this world and a world beyond, an otherworld. Yet this is not all. Also in terms of its cultural context this branch of the literature of the medieval North takes up a position situated midway between a broad range of poles. Texts from the Christian period treat pre-Christian mythology; allegedly pre-Christian material is studded with Christian motifs; Scandinavian texts adapt the learning and literature of the European continent, Ireland, and the classical Mediterranean; and Finnish narratives in turn appear to adapt Scandinavian narrative patterns. The volume presents a rich panorama of a broad range of very different - Scandinavian, Finno-Ugric, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Ancient Near Eastern, and archaeological - perspectives on the topic of the 'otherworld journey', which contextualises the motif of the otherworld journey in Old Norse-Icelandic literature in an unprecedented breadth."--Provided by publisher |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | German English 11 German, 7 English contributions, English abstracts. |
| Published / Created: |
Berlin :
De Gruyter,
2020.
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| Series: | Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ;
Bd. 118. |
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Physical description: vii, 722 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm more |
| ISBN: | 9783110618815 3110618818 |
| ISSN: | 1866-7678 |
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