Imagining the Supernatural North Paperback / softback
Edited by Eleanor Rosamund (Lecturer in Medieval History and Literature, Durham University, Depar Barraclough, Danielle Marie (Ph.D. candidate in Cornell University’s Medieval Studies Program, Cornell U Cudmore, Stefan (Department of Medieval Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Wohllebengasse) Donecker
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“Turning to face north, face the north, we enter our own unconscious.
Always, in retrospect, the journey north has the quality of dream.” Margaret Atwood, “True North”In this interdisciplinary collection, sixteen scholars from twelve countries explore the notion of the North as a realm of the supernatural.
This region has long been associated with sorcerous inhabitants, mythical tribes, metaphysical forces of good and evil, and a range of supernatural qualities.
It was both the sacred abode of the gods and a feared source of menacing invaders and otherworldly beings.
Whether from the perspective of traditional Jewish lore or of contemporary black metal music, few motifs in European cultural history show such longevity and broad appeal. Contributors: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, Angela Byrne, Danielle Marie Cudmore, Stefan Donecker, Brenda S.
Gardenour Walter, Silvije Habulinec, Erica Hill, Jay Johnston, Maria Kasyanova, Jan Leichsenring, Shane McCorristine, Jennifer E.
Michaels, Ya’acov Sarig, Rudolf Simek, Athanasios Votsis, Brian Walter
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:University of Alberta Press
- Publication Date:06/10/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781772122671
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:University of Alberta Press
- Publication Date:06/10/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781772122671
