Shapeshifters in Medieval North Atlantic Literature /
Shapeshifters in Medieval North Atlantic Literature /
Luciana Mabel Cordo Russo, Santiago Francisco Barreiro.
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- The Early Medieval North Atlantic .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / 1. Wundor wearð on wege 'a wonder happened on the way' / 2. The Big Black Cats of Vatnsdalr and Other Trolls / 3. The Hoard Makes the Dragon / 4. Eigi í mannligu eðli / 5. The Cursed and the Committed / 6. Unde sunt aues istae? / 7. Sin, Punishment, and Magic / Index Barreiro, Santiago / Cordo Russo, Luciana -- Borysławski, Rafał -- Jakobsson, Ármann -- Barreiro, Santiago -- Merkelbach, Rebecca -- With Pedersen, Camilla -- Disalvo, Santiago -- Cordo Russo, Luciana --
Representations of shapeshifters are prominent in medieval culture and they are particularly abundant in the vernacular literatures of the societies around the North Sea. Some of the figures in these stories remain well known in later folklore and often even in modern media, such as werewolves, dragons, berserkir and bird-maidens. Incorporating studies about Old English, Norse, Latin, Irish, and Welsh literature, this collection of essays marks an important new contribution to the study of medieval shapeshifters. Each essay highlights how shapeshifting cannot be studied in isolation, but intersects with many other topics, such as the supernatural, monstrosity, animality, gender and identity. Contributors to this volume come from different intellectual traditions, embracing a multidisciplinary approach combining influences from literary criticism, history, philology, and anthropology.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048535131 9789048535132
10.1515/9789048535132 doi
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
Monsters in literature.
HISTORY / Medieval.
PN682.M65
809/.9337
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / 1. Wundor wearð on wege 'a wonder happened on the way' / 2. The Big Black Cats of Vatnsdalr and Other Trolls / 3. The Hoard Makes the Dragon / 4. Eigi í mannligu eðli / 5. The Cursed and the Committed / 6. Unde sunt aues istae? / 7. Sin, Punishment, and Magic / Index Barreiro, Santiago / Cordo Russo, Luciana -- Borysławski, Rafał -- Jakobsson, Ármann -- Barreiro, Santiago -- Merkelbach, Rebecca -- With Pedersen, Camilla -- Disalvo, Santiago -- Cordo Russo, Luciana --
Representations of shapeshifters are prominent in medieval culture and they are particularly abundant in the vernacular literatures of the societies around the North Sea. Some of the figures in these stories remain well known in later folklore and often even in modern media, such as werewolves, dragons, berserkir and bird-maidens. Incorporating studies about Old English, Norse, Latin, Irish, and Welsh literature, this collection of essays marks an important new contribution to the study of medieval shapeshifters. Each essay highlights how shapeshifting cannot be studied in isolation, but intersects with many other topics, such as the supernatural, monstrosity, animality, gender and identity. Contributors to this volume come from different intellectual traditions, embracing a multidisciplinary approach combining influences from literary criticism, history, philology, and anthropology.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048535131 9789048535132
10.1515/9789048535132 doi
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
Monsters in literature.
HISTORY / Medieval.
PN682.M65
809/.9337