Between the worlds : contexts, sources, and analogues of Scandinavian otherworld journeys / edited by Matthias Egeler and Wilhelm Heizmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Egeler, Matthias, 1980- editor.

Heizmann, Wilhelm, editor.

Series:

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde ; Bd. 118.

Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, 1866-7678 ; Band 118

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Old Norse literature--History and criticism.

Old Norse literature.

Voyages to the otherworld in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

VII, 722 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2020]

Language Note:

11 German, 7 English contributions, English abstracts.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

PDF

ePub

ISBN:

9783110618815

3110618818

OCLC:

1157972620

Publisher Number:

9783110618815