Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend

Name: Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend
Brand: D.S.Brewer
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By John Mckinnell

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A particular, recurring feature of Old Norse myths and legends is an encounter between creatures of This World [gods and human beings] and those of the Other [giants, giantesses, dwarves, prophetesses, monsters and the dead]. Concentrating on cross-gendered encounters, this book analyses these meetings, and the different motifs and situations they encompass, from the consultation of a prophetess by a king or god, to sexual liaisons and return from the dead. It considers the evidence for their pre-Christian origins, discusses how far individual poets and prose writers were free to modify them, and suggests that they survived in medieval Christian society because [like folk-tale] they provide a non-dogmatic way of resolving social and psychological problems connected with growing up, succession from one generation to the next, sexual relationships and bereavement.

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Number of Pages:: 302
Release Date:: 2005-06-15
Publication Date:: 2005-05-15
Publisher:: D.S.Brewer
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1843840421
ISBN13:: 9781843840428
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 619 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 21 cm

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