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Myth and history in Celtic and Scandinavian traditions /

Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions explores the traditions of two fascinating and contiguous cultures in north-western Europe. History regularly brought these two peoples into contact, most prominently with the Viking invasion of Ireland. In the famous Second Battle of Moytura, g...

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Other Authors: Lyle, Emily B. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Mythology, Celtic.
Mythology, Norse.
Celts > History.
Scandinavia > History.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9789048554065
9048554063
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Emily Lyle
  • Celtic Tradition
  • 1. The Nature of the Fomoiri: The Dark Other in the Medieval Irish Imagination
  • John Carey
  • 2. Tuatha Dé and Fomoiri in Cath Maige Tuired
  • Elizabeth A. Gray
  • 3. Exploring Cath Maige Tuired through the Concept of Hybridity
  • Ina Tuomala
  • 4. How Time Flies in the Cath Maige Tuired
  • Joseph Falaky Nagy
  • 5. The Idols of the Pagan Irish in the Medieval Literary Imagination
  • Alexandra Bergholm
  • 6. Myth as a Historical Resource: The Case of Orgain Denna Ríg (The Destruction of Dinn Ríg)
  • Kevin Murray
  • 7. Hagiography as Political Documentation: The Case of Betha Beraigh (The Life of St Berach)
  • Ksenia Kudenko
  • Scandinavian Tradition
  • 8. Baldr's Achilles' Heel? About the Scandinavian Three-God B-Bracteates
  • Karen Bek-Pedersen
  • 9. The Cult of Óðinn in the Early Scandinavian Warrior Aristocracy
  • Joshua Rood
  • 10. Myth to History in Saxo
  • Morten Warmind
  • 11. The Scylding Dynasty in Saxo and Beowulf as Disguised Theogony
  • Emily Lyle
  • 12. Loki the Slandered God? Selective Omission of Skaldic Citations in Snorri Sturluson's Edda
  • James Parkhouse
  • 13. Ymir, Baldr, and the Grand Narrative Arc of Mythological History
  • Jonas Wellendorf
  • Index
  • List of Tables
  • Table 10.1 A comparison of narratives in Thórsdrápa, Saxo, and Snorri
  • Table 11.1. The four-generation divine model showing Helga/Helgi as the father or grandfather of Hroðulf/Rolf Krake
  • Table 11.2. The effect of the inclusion of the Yrsa generation on the parallels between the Danish and Geatish royal lines
  • Table 11.3. Illicit intercourse present in Saxo and absent from Beowulf
  • Table 11.4. The Old Norse gods in Snorri who have equivalents in the postulated theogonic sequence in Saxo
  • List of Images
  • Figure 8.1 The 3-Figure B-Bracteates Skovsborg (IK 165).
  • Figure 8.2 Fakse (IK 51, 1).
  • Figure 8.3 Killerup (IK 51, 2).
  • Figure 8.4 Denmark (IK 40).
  • Figure 8.5 Denmark (IK 39).
  • Figure 8.6 Zagórzyn (IK 20).
  • Figure 8.7 Gummerup (IK 66).
  • Figure 8.8 Gudme (IK 51, 3).
  • Figure 8.9 Fuglsang/Sorte Muld (IK 595).
  • Figure 8.10 Snogskilden (IK 646), drawn by theauthor.
  • Figure 8.11 Hvorslevgård (IK 675), drawn by the author.
  • Figure 8.12 Dalshøj (IK 685), drawn by the author.
  • Figure 9.1 The distribution of theophoric place names in Scandinavia containing the name of the god Óðinn
  • open circles are uncertain. Based on Brink, 'How Uniform was the Old Norse Religion?', p. 112, with locations of sites using salr ('hall') added. By
  • Figure 9.2 The 'Helping Figure', from Greta Arwidsson, Båtgravarna i Valsgärde, p. 58. Permission requested from Statens Historiska Museer.
  • Figure 9.3 The 'Torslunda Dancer', from Knut Stjerna, Hjälmar och svärd i Beovulf, p. 103. By permission of Statens Historiska Museer.

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