Icelandic folklore : and the cultural memory of religious change

Icelandic folklore and the cultural memory of religious change

Nearly all recent examinations of Icelandic (and Scandinavian) folklore from the nineteenth century and earlier have concerned themselves with the origins and production of folktales rather than with the cultural implications of their content. This volume extends those discussions by offering an int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bryan, Eric Shane, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press [2021]
Edición:First edition
Colección:Borderlines
Materias:
Folklore > Iceland > History.
Tales > Iceland > History and criticism.
Reformation > Folklore.
Christianity > Folklore.
Tradition.
Kollektives Gedächtnis.
Iceland > Social life and customs.
Island.
Icelandic Reformation.
Icelandic folktales.
Old Norse Christianization.
Scandinavian folklore.
cultural memory.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421988306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Stories, Memories, and Mechanisms of Belief
  • The Dead Bridegroom Carries Off His Bride: Pejoration and Adjacency Pairs in ATU 365
  • The Elf Woman's Conversion: Memories of Gender and Gender Spheres
  • The Fylgjur of Iceland: Attendant Spirits and a Distorted Sense of Guardianship
  • The Elf Church: Memories of Contested Sacred Spaces
  • The Stupid Boy and the Devil: Sæmundur Fróði Sigfússon, Magic, and Redemption
  • Conclusion
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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