Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend

McKinnell, J.

Abstract

An investigation of the traditional patterns of cross-gender encounter between figures representing This World and the Other in Old Norse - Icelandic literature, and in more recent Scandinavian and British folktale and ballad, demonstrating that each typical pattern is generally associated with a particular pre-Christian Norse god.

Citation

McKinnell, J. (2005). Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. D.S. Brewer

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: 2005-06
• Deposit Date: Nov 1, 2006
• Keywords: Old Norse, Mythology, Poetry, Fornaldarsögur, Gender.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1127295
• Publisher URL: http://www.boydell.co.uk/43840421.HTM