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Between the Worlds: Contexts, Sources, and Analogues of Scandinavian Otherworld Journeys
Edited by Wilhelm Heizmann, Edited by Matthias Egeler
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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.
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Publisher | De Gruyter
Published date | 14 Feb 2020
Language | German
Format | Digital (delivered electronically)
Pages | 723
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-3-1106-2466-3
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BISAC | literary criticism / european / scandinavian
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