RT Book
T1 Myth and history in Celtic and Scandinavian traditions
T2 The early medieval North Atlantic
A2 Lyle, Emily B. 1932-
LA English
PP Amsterdam
PB Amsterdam University Press
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785778927
AB Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Celtic Tradition -- 1 The Nature of the Fomoiri: The Dark Other in the Medieval Irish Imagination -- 2 Tuatha Dé and Fomoiri in Cath Maige Tuired -- 3 Exploring Cath Maige Tuired through the Concept of Hybridity -- 4 How Time Flies in the Cath Maige Tuired -- 5 The Idols of the Pagan Irish in the Medieval Literary Imagination -- 6 Myth as a Historical Resource : The Case of Orgain Denna Ríg (The Destruction of Dinn Ríg) -- 7 Hagiography as Political Documentation : The Case of Betha Beraigh (The Life of St Berach) -- Scandinavian Tradition -- 8 Baldr’s Achilles’ Heel? About the Scandinavian Three-God B-Bracteates -- 9 The Cult of Óðinn in the Early Scandinavian Warrior Aristocracy -- 10 Myth to History in Saxo -- 11 The Scylding Dynasty in Saxo and Beowulf as Disguised Theogony -- 12 Loki the Slandered God? Selective Omission of Skaldic Citations in Snorri Sturluson’s Edda -- 13 Ymir, Baldr, and the Grand Narrative Arc of Mythological History -- Index
AB 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, gods such as Lug, Balor, and the Dagda participated in the conflict that distinguished this invasion. Pseudohistory, which consists of both secular and ecclesiastical fictions, arose in this nexus of peoples and myth and spilled over into other contexts such as chronological annals. Scandinavian gods such as Odin, Balder, Thor, and Loki feature in the Edda of Snorri Sturluson and the history of the Danes by Saxo Grammaticus. This volume explores such written works alongside archaeological evidence from earlier periods through fresh approaches that challenge entrenched views
CN BL900
SN 9789048554065
K1 Celts : History
K1 Mythology, Celtic
K1 Mythology, Norse
K1 HISTORY / Europe / Ireland
K1 HISTORY / Medieval
K1 HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia
K1 AUP Wetenschappelijk
K1 Medieval Studies
K1 Art and Material Cultures
K1 South
K1 Interdisciplinary Studies
K1 History, Art History, and Archaeology
K1 Literary Theory, Criticism, and History
K1 Mythology
K1 Vikings
K1 Irish Pagan Gods
K1 Saxo Grammaticus
K1 Snorri Sturluson
K1 Mythology, Vikings, Irish Pagan Gods, Saxo Grammaticus, Snorri Sturluson
DO 10.1515/9789048554065