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Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021

1 online resource (304 pages)

ISBN 9789048554065 (electronic bk.)

The Early Medieval North Atlantic Ser.

Print version: Lyle, Emily Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,c2021

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Emily Lyle -- 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 Oinn 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 -- Emily 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 -- Index -- List of Tables -- Table 10.1 A comparison of narratives in Thorsdrapa, Saxo, and Snorri -- Table 11.1. The four-generation divine model showing Helga/Helgi as the father or grandfather of Hroulf/Rolf Krake -- Table 11.2. The effect of the inclusion of the Yrsa generation on the parallels between the Danish and Geatish royal lines -- Table 11.3. Illicit intercourse present in Saxo and absent from Beowulf -- Table 11.4. The Old Norse gods in Snorri who have equivalents in the postulated theogonic sequence in Saxo -- List of Images -- Figure 8.1 The 3-Figure B-Bracteates Skovsborg (IK 165).

Figure 8.2 Fakse (IK 51, 1). -- Figure 8.3 Killerup (IK 51, 2). -- Figure 8.4 Denmark (IK 40). -- Figure 8.5 Denmark (IK 39). -- Figure 8.6 Zagorzyn (IK 20). -- Figure 8.7 Gummerup (IK 66). -- Figure 8.8 Gudme (IK 51, 3). -- Figure 8.9 Fuglsang/Sorte Muld (IK 595). -- Figure 8.10 Snogskilden (IK 646), drawn by theauthor. -- Figure 8.11 Hvorslevgard (IK 675), drawn by the author. -- Figure 8.12 Dalshj (IK 685), drawn by the author. -- Figure 9.1 The distribution of theophoric place names in Scandinavia containing the name of the god Oinn -- open circles are uncertain. Based on Brink, ’How Uniform was the Old Norse Religion?’, p. 112, with locations of sites using salr (’hall’) added. By -- Figure 9.2 The ’Helping Figure’, from Greta Arwidsson, Batgravarna i Valsgarde, p. 58. Permission requested from Statens Historiska Museer. -- Figure 9.3 The ’Torslunda Dancer’, from Knut Stjerna, Hjalmar och svard i Beovulf, p. 103. By permission of Statens Historiska Museer. -- Figure 13.1. The genealogy of Oinn and his brothers according to the Prose Edda, drawn by the author.

Figure 8.2 Fakse (IK 51, 1). -- Figure 8.3 Killerup (IK 51, 2). -- Figure 8.4 Denmark (IK 40). -- Figure 8.5 Denmark (IK 39). -- Figure 8.6 Zagorzyn (IK 20). -- Figure 8.7 Gummerup (IK 66). -- Figure 8.8 Gudme (IK 51, 3). -- Figure 8.9 Fuglsang/Sorte Muld (IK 595). -- Figure 8.10 Snogskilden (IK 646), drawn by theauthor. -- Figure 8.11 Hvorslevgard (IK 675), drawn by the author. -- Figure 8.12 Dalshj (IK 685), drawn by the author. -- Figure 9.1 The distribution of theophoric place names in Scandinavia containing the name of the god Oinn -- open circles are uncertain. Based on Brink, ’How Uniform was the Old Norse Religion?’, p. 112, with locations of sites using salr (’hall’) added. By -- Figure 9.2 The ’Helping Figure’, from Greta Arwidsson, Batgravarna i Valsgarde, p. 58. Permission requested from Statens Historiska Museer. -- Figure 9.3 The ’Torslunda Dancer’, from Knut Stjerna, Hjalmar och svard i Beovulf, p. 103. By permission of Statens Historiska Museer. -- Figure 13.1. The genealogy of Oinn and his brothers according to the Prose Edda, drawn by the author.

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