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Author : John R. Broderius
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Giant in Germanic Tradition written by John R. Broderius and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John R. Broderius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Giant in Germanic Tradition written by John R. Broderius and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
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Download or read book Northern Mythology: North German and Netherlandish popular traditions and superstitions written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Thomas Roscoe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The German Novelists: Popular traditions collected and narrated by [1] Otmar [i. e. J. K. C. Nachtigal]; [2] K. F. Gottschalck; [3] P. Eberhardt; [4] J. G. G. Büsching; [5] J. L. K. and W. K. Grimm; [6] Lothar [i.e. O. C. Von Graeven] (The arch rogue. Castle Christburg) ; [7] F. H. K. freiherr de La Mott-Fouqué. (The field of terror. The mandrake) written by Thomas Roscoe and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Friedrich Max Müller
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Chips from a German Workshop: Essays on mythology, traditions and customs written by Friedrich Max Müller and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Lindow
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520035201
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Swedish Legends and Folktales written by John Lindow and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of some one hundred Swedish folk legends. -- Dust jacket.
Author : Frog
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
ISBN 13 : 9522227633
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (222 download)
Download or read book Mythic Discourses written by Frog and published by Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mythic discourses in the present day show how vernacular heritage continues to function and be valuable through emergent interpretations and revaluations. At the same time, continuities in mythic images, motifs, myths and genres reveal the longue durée of mythologies and their transformations. The eighteen articles of Mythic Discourses address the many facets of myth in Uralic cultures, from the Finnish and Karelian world-creation to Nenets shamans, offering multidisciplinary perspectives from twenty eastern and western scholars. The mythologies of Uralic peoples differ so considerably that mythology is approached here in a broad sense, including myths proper, religious beliefs and associated rituals. Traditions are addressed individually, typologically, and in historical perspective. The range and breadth of the articles, presenting diverse living mythologies, their histories and relationships to traditions of other cultures such as Germanic and Slavic, all come together to offer a far richer and more developed perspective on Uralic traditions than any one article could do alone.
Author : Claude Lecouteux
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 162055481X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic written by Claude Lecouteux and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough reference to the many deities, magical beings, mythical places, and ancient customs of the Norse and Germanic regions of Europe • Explores the legends and origins of well-known gods and figures such as Odin, Thor, Krampus, and the Valkyries, as well as a broad range of magical beings such as the Elf King, the Lorelei, the Perchten, dwarves, trolls, and giants • Draws upon a wealth of well-known and rare sources, such as the Poetic Edda and The Deeds of the Danes by Saxo Grammaticus • Examines folktales, myths, and magical beliefs from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and England The legends of the Norse and Germanic regions of Europe--spanning from Germany and Austria across Scandinavia to Iceland and England--include a broad range of mythical characters and places, from Odin and Thor, to berserkers and Valhalla, to the Valkyries and Krampus. In this encyclopedia, Claude Lecouteux explores the origins, connections, and tales behind many gods, goddesses, magical beings, rituals, folk customs, and mythical places of Norse and Germanic tradition. More than a reference to the Aesir and the Vanir pantheons, this encyclopedia draws upon a wealth of well-known and rare sources, such as the Poetic Edda, the Saga of Ynglingar by Snorri Sturluson, and The Deeds of the Danes by Saxo Grammaticus. Beyond the famous and infamous Norse gods and goddesses, Lecouteux also provides information on lesser-known figures from ancient Germanic pagan tradition such as the Elf King, the Lorelei, the Perchten, land spirits, fairies, dwarves, trolls, goblins, bogeymen, giants, and many other beings who roam the wild, as well as lengthy articles on well-known figures and events such as Siegfried (Sigurd in Norse) and Ragnarök. The author describes the worship of the elements and trees, details many magical rituals, and shares wild folktales from ancient Europe, such as the strange adventure of Peter Schlemihl and the tale of the Cursed Huntsman. He also dispels the false beliefs that have arisen from the Nazi hijacking of Germanic mythology and from its longtime suppression by Christianity. Complete with rare illustrations and information from obscure sources appearing for the first time in English, this detailed reference work represents an excellent resource for scholars and those seeking to reconnect to their pagan pasts and restore the old religion.
Author : Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452903668
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Of Giants written by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780851157160
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (571 download)
Download or read book The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England written by Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1998 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study concerns the importance of the sword in Anglo-Saxon and Viking society, with reference to surviving swords and literary sources, especially Beowulf.
Author : Benjamin Thorpe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Northern Mythology, Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany and the Netherlands written by Benjamin Thorpe and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy G. Siraisi
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472037463
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book History, Medicine, and the Traditions of Renaissance Learning written by Nancy G. Siraisi and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A path-breaking work at last available in paper, History, Medicine, and the Traditions of Renaissance Learning is Nancy G. Siraisi’s examination of the intersections of medically trained authors and history from 1450 to 1650. Rather than studying medicine and history as separate traditions, Siraisi calls attention to their mutual interaction in the rapidly changing world of Renaissance erudition. With remarkably detailed scholarship, Siraisi investigates doctors’ efforts to explore the legacies handed down to them from ancient medical and anatomical writings.
Author : Edward Pettit
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783748303
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)
Download or read book The Waning Sword: Conversion Imagery and Celestial Myth in 'Beowulf' written by Edward Pettit and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The image of a giant sword melting stands at the structural and thematic heart of the Old English heroic poem Beowulf. This meticulously researched book investigates the nature and significance of this golden-hilted weapon and its likely relatives within Beowulf and beyond, drawing on the fields of Old English and Old Norse language and literature, liturgy, archaeology, astronomy, folklore and comparative mythology. In Part I, Pettit explores the complex of connotations surrounding this image (from icicles to candles and crosses) by examining a range of medieval sources, and argues that the giant sword may function as a visual motif in which pre-Christian Germanic concepts and prominent Christian symbols coalesce. In Part II, Pettit investigates the broader Germanic background to this image, especially in relation to the god Ing/Yngvi-Freyr, and explores the capacity of myths to recur and endure across time. Drawing on an eclectic range of narrative and linguistic evidence from Northern European texts, and on archaeological discoveries, Pettit suggests that the image of the giant sword, and the characters and events associated with it, may reflect an elemental struggle between the sun and the moon, articulated through an underlying myth about the theft and repossession of sunlight. The Waning Sword: Conversion Imagery and Celestial Myth in 'Beowulf' is a welcome contribution to the overlapping fields of Beowulf-scholarship, Old Norse-Icelandic literature and Germanic philology. Not only does it present a wealth of new readings that shed light on the craft of the Beowulf-poet and inform our understanding of the poem’s major episodes and themes; it further highlights the merits of adopting an interdisciplinary approach alongside a comparative vantage point. As such, The Waning Sword will be compelling reading for Beowulf-scholars and for a wider audience of medievalists.
Author : Brannon Wheeler
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226888045
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Mecca and Eden written by Brannon Wheeler and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth-century philologist and Biblical critic William Robertson Smith famously concluded that the sacred status of holy places derives not from their intrinsic nature but from their social character. Building upon this insight, Mecca and Eden uses Islamic exegetical and legal texts to analyze the rituals and objects associated with the sanctuary at Mecca. Integrating Islamic examples into the comparative study of religion, Brannon Wheeler shows how the treatment of rituals, relics, and territory is related to the more general mythological depiction of the origins of Islamic civilization. Along the way, Wheeler considers the contrast between Mecca and Eden in Muslim rituals, the dispersal and collection of relics of the prophet Muhammad, their relationship to the sanctuary at Mecca, and long tombs associated with the gigantic size of certain prophets mentioned in the Quran. Mecca and Eden succeeds, as few books have done, in making Islamic sources available to the broader study of religion.
Author : Lois Bragg
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838640289
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Oedipus Borealis written by Lois Bragg and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After examining characters widely disparate from the saga skalds, the model holds: only in the narratives having a Christian purpose do we find the link among disability, deformity, sexual aberrance, wisdom, craft, and power broken. With the would-be Icelandic saint, Gudmund the Good, disability is no longer the mark of a great man, but now appears in its modern interpretation: a character-building setback that the hero must overcome."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Asa Simon Mittman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135501041
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)
Download or read book Maps and Monsters in Medieval England written by Asa Simon Mittman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study centers on issues of marginality and monstrosity in medieval England. In the middle ages, geography was viewed as divinely ordered, so Britain's location at the periphery of the inhabitable world caused anxiety among its inhabitants. Far from the world's holy center, the geographic margins were considered monstrous. Medieval geography, for centuries scorned as crude, is now the subject of several careful studies. Monsters have likewise been the subject of recent attention in the growing field of monster studies, though few works situate these creatures firmly in their specific historical contexts. This book sits at the crossroads of these two discourses (geography and monstrosity), treated separately in the established scholarship but inseparable in the minds of medieval authors and artists.
Author : Callimachus
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004328181
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Hymn to Delos written by Callimachus and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive commentary on Callimachus' Hymn to Delos, its immediate predecessor being Cahen's concise work of 1930. The Introduction proposes a new interpretation of the Hymn's purpose and background, and further discusses the date of its composition, its vocabulary, several of its stylistic aspects, and its metre and prosody. The Commentary, which follows Pfeiffer's text (Oxford 1953), presents parallels from relevant Greek poetry (mainly epic and tragic) to illustrate tradition and originality in Callimachus' style, offers some new interpretations and examines old ones, and indicates possible allusions to contemporary events in Egypt and elsewhere. Textual problems are treated where necessary and emendations are also occasionally proposed.
