Myth and history in Celtic and Scandinavian traditions / edited by Emily Lyle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lyle, Emily, editor.

Series:

Early medieval North Atlantic

The Early Medieval North Atlantic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Celtic.

Mythology, Norse.

History--Celtic.

History.

History--Scandinavian.

Physical Description:

302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Celtic Tradition

1. The Nature of the Fomoiri: The Dark Other in the Medieval Irish Imagination / John Carey

2. Tuatha De and Fomoiri in Cath Maige Tuired / Elizabeth A. Gray

3. Exploring Cath Maige Tuired through the Concept of Hybridity / Ina Tuomala

4. How Time Flies in the Cath Maige Tuired / Joseph Falaky Nagy

5. The Idols of the Pagan Irish in the Medieval Literary Imagination / Alexandra Bergholm

6. Myth as a Historical Resource: The Case of Orgain Denna Rig (The Destruction of Dinn Rig) / Kevin Murray

7. Hagiography as Political Documentation: The Case of Betha Beraigh (The Life of St Berach) / Ksenia Kudenko

Scandinavian Tradition

8. Baldr's Achilles' Heel? About the Scandinavian Three-God B-Bracteates / Karen Bek-Pedersen

9. The Cult of Odinn in the Early Scandinavian Warrior Aristocracy / Joshua Rood

10. Myth to History in Saxo / Morten Warmind

11. The Scylding Dynasty in Saxo and Beowulf as Disguised Theogony / Emdy Lyle

12. Loki the Slandered God? Selective Omission of Skaldic Citations in Snorri Sturluson's Edda / James Parkhouse

13. Ymir, Baldr, and the Grand Narrative Arc of Mythological History / Jonas Wellendorf.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9463729054

9789463729055

OCLC:

1246285286

Publisher Number:

99988375856