{"product_id":"meeting-the-other-in-norse-myth-and-legend-9781843840428","title":"Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClose examination of the significant theme of other-worldly encounters in Norse myth and legend, including giantesses, monsters and the Dead.  A particular, recurring feature of Old Norse myths and legends is an encounter between creatures of This World [gods and human beings] and those of the Other [giants, giantesses, dwarves, prophetesses, monsters and the dead]. Concentrating on cross-gendered encounters, this book analyses these meetings, and the different motifs and situations they encompass, from the consultation of a prophetess by a king or god, to sexual liaisons and return from the dead. It considers the evidence for their pre-Christian origins, discusses how far individual poets and prose writers were free to modify them, and suggests that they survived in medieval Christian society because [like folk-tale] they provide a non-dogmatic way of resolving social and psychological problems connected with growing up, succession from one generation to the next, sexual relationships and bereavement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn inspiring and readable study [.] invaluable for anyone working in the field of Old Norse studies. * SAGA-BOOK *\u003cbr\u003eA very useful and thought-provoking book. * SPECULUM *\u003cbr\u003eThorough and impressive. [...] Gives thoughtful and precise readings of the Old Norse texts. * JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY *","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771548893527,"sku":"9781843840428","price":109.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781843840428.jpg?v=1758728233","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/meeting-the-other-in-norse-myth-and-legend-9781843840428","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}