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050 4 $aPT7051$b.M98 2021
082 04 $a839/.5$223/eng/20220407
245 00 $aMyth, magic, and memory in early Scandinavian narrative culture :$bstudies in honour of Stephen A. Mitchell /$cedited by Juürg Glauser and Pernille Hermann ; in collaboration with Stefan Brink and Joseph Harris ; and with the editorial assistance of Sarah Künzler.
264 1 $aTurnhout, Belgium :$bBrepols,$c[2021]
300 $a451 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color) ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aActa Scandinavica, Cambridge studies in the early Scandinavian world ;$vvolume 11
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aIn this volume, several neighbouring disciplines, such as memory studies, literature, folklore studies, history of religion, medieval history, archaeology, oral history, and Old Norse studies intersect. The articles deal with similar questions and present illustrative case studies. Old Norse poems are analysed with regard to their mythological content; folktales, folklore, and other cultural phenomena are discussed with special foci on remembrance of the supernatural, witches, trolls, and others. One of the recurring questions is how we remember the past and how the past is created in memory. Myth, magic, and memory have together formed important, and often intertwined, elements to recent studies in the narrative culture of Viking-Age and Medieval Scandinavica. Analytical approaches to myth (prominent in the fields of history of religion, archaeology, language, and literature, and central to studies of visual cultures up to modern times), magic (drawing on a wealth of Norse folkloric and supernatural material that derives from pre-modern times and continues to impact on recent practices of performance and ritual), and memory (the concept of how we remember and actively construe the past) together combine to shed light on how people perceived the world around them. Taking the intersection between these diverse fields as its starting point, this volume draws together contributions from across a variety of disciplines to offer new insights into the importance of myth, magic, and memory in pre-modern Scandinavia. Covering a range of related topics, from supernatural beings to the importance of mythology in later national historiographies, the chapters gathered here are written to honour the work of Stephen A. Mitchell, professor of Scandinavian Studies and Folklore at Harvard University, whose research has heavily influenced this multi-faceted field. --$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aScandinavian literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMythology, Norse$xHistory.
650 0 $aMagic$zScandinavia$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aCollective memory$zScandinavia$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aMagic in literature.
650 0 $aCollective memory and literature$zScandinavia.
700 1 $aMitchell, Stephen A.$q(Stephen Arthur),$d1951-$ehonouree.
700 1 $aGlauser, Jürg,$eeditor.
700 1 $aHermann, Pernille,$eeditor.
700 1 $aBrink, Stefan,$eeditor.
700 1 $aHarris, Joseph,$d1940-$eeditor.
700 1 $aKünzler, Sarah,$eeditor.
830 0 $aActa Scandinavica ;$vv. 11.
852 00 $bglx$hPT7051$i.M98 2021g