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Between the worlds : contexts, sources, and analogues of Scandinavian otherworld journeys
- Title
- Between the worlds : contexts, sources, and analogues of Scandinavian otherworld journeys / edited by Matthias Egeler and Wilhelm Heizmann.
- Publication
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [2020]
- ©2020
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- Description
- vii, 722 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 25 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, 1866-7678 ; Band 118
- Uniform Title
- Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; Bd. 118.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Language (note)
- 11 German, 7 English contributions, English abstracts.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-8972
- ISBN
- 9783110618815
- 3110618818
- LCCN
- 2019955260
- 9783110618815
- OCLC
- 1157972620
- Title
- Between the worlds : contexts, sources, and analogues of Scandinavian otherworld journeys / edited by Matthias Egeler and Wilhelm Heizmann.
- Publisher
- Berlin : De Gruyter, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, 1866-7678 ; Band 118Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; Bd. 118.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Language
- 11 German, 7 English contributions, English abstracts.
- Added Author
- Egeler, Matthias, 1980- editor.Heizmann, Wilhelm, editor.
- Other Form:
- 9783110624663 PDF9783110625103 ePub
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9783110618815
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-8972