Professor John Mckinnell john.mckinnell@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor
Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend
McKinnell, J.
Authors
Abstract
An investigation of the traditional patterns of cross-gender encounter between figures representing This World and the Other in Old Norse - Icelandic literature, and in more recent Scandinavian and British folktale and ballad, demonstrating that each typical pattern is generally associated with a particular pre-Christian Norse god.
Citation
McKinnell, J. (2005). Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. D.S. Brewer
Book Type | Authored Book |
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Publication Date | 2005-06 |
Deposit Date | Nov 1, 2006 |
Keywords | Old Norse, Mythology, Poetry, Fornaldarsögur, Gender. |
Publisher URL | http://www.boydell.co.uk/43840421.HTM |
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