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Reading the Runes in Old English and Old Norse Poetry by Birkett Thomas
azw3 |eng | 2017-03-26 | Author:Birkett, Thomas [Birkett, Thomas]

Conclusion As Halsall points out, ‘much of the effect of any Old English poem containing runes depends upon the distinctive appearance of the rune symbols in contrast to the ordinary ...
( Category: European June 6,2019 )
Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology (Who's Who (Routledge)) by Skyes Edgerton & Kendall Alan & Sykes Egerton
azw3 |eng | 2014-02-03 | Author:Skyes, Edgerton & Kendall, Alan & Sykes, Egerton [Skyes, Edgerton]

L God ‘L’ ‘The Old Black God’ of the Mayans, depicted as an old man with toothless gums with one half of his face covered with black paint. He may ...
( Category: Medieval June 6,2019 )
The Arthur of the North: The Arthurian Legend in the Norse and Rus' Realms (Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages) by Marianne E. Kalinke
azw3 |eng | 2015-11-14 | Author:Marianne E. Kalinke

This epilogue supplies a satisfactory and harmonious ending to the story of Parceval, an ending that is lacking in Chrétien’s unfinished romance. It explicitly stresses the hero’s worldly achievements as ...
( Category: Arthurian Romance June 6,2019 )
Gods, Heroes, & Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain by Fee Christopher R
azw3 |eng | 2004-03-17 | Author:Fee, Christopher R. [Fee, Christopher R.]

Heroic Journeys and Quests At the center of most hero myths is the quest. Through the quest adventure, the hero proves his worth and “makes a name” for himself. The ...
( Category: Medieval June 6,2019 )
A Guide to Old English by Mitchell Bruce & Robinson Fred C
mobi |eng | 2011-12-06 | Author:Mitchell, Bruce & Robinson, Fred C. [Mitchell, Bruce]

To understand the action of the poem, and especially the action in ll. 62–99, one must have some idea of the geography of the battle. (See map on p. 248, ...
( Category: European June 6,2019 )
Beowulf (Illustrated) by Anonymous
mobi |eng | 2016-09-04 | Author:Anonymous

XXIII ’MID the battle-gear saw he a blade triumphant, old-sword of Eotens, with edge of proof, warriors’ heirloom, weapon unmatched, - save only ’twas more than other men to bandy-of-battle ...
( Category: Medieval June 6,2019 )
Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings by Shippey Tom
mobi, epub |eng | 2018-06-28 | Author:Shippey, Tom [Shippey, Tom]

furu trikila fiari at kuli [They] fared like bold men far for gold ok a:ustarla arni kafu and in the east gave [food] to the eagle, tuu sunar:la at sirk:lan:ti: ...
( Category: European June 6,2019 )
Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia (Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS)) by DuBois Thomas
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-02-22 | Author:DuBois, Thomas [DuBois, Thomas]

A Struggle of Dynasties Eric Jedvardsson’s death occurred in a very unstable period for the Swedish monarchy. The two dynasties that had apparently ruled Sweden at least since the introduction ...
( Category: Medieval June 6,2019 )
Demons and Spirits of the Land by Claude Lecouteux
epub |eng | 2015-06-22 | Author:Claude Lecouteux

because that’s the boundary of Galvoie That knights cannot pass And ever return again. (6602–4) The boundary marker therefore signifies, to some extent, the beginning of a journey of no ...
( Category: Arthurian Romance May 28,2019 )
Before Orientalism by Phillips Kim M.;
epub |eng | | Author:Phillips, Kim M.;

Conclusion Medieval travelers’ tales distinguished between levels of civility in different parts of Asia, as in Poggio’s summary of Niccolò’s narrative: All India is divided into three parts: the first, ...
( Category: Renaissance May 28,2019 )
The Erotic Poems (Classics) by Ovid
mobi |eng | 2004-04-28 | Author:Ovid

What he describes here–camouflaging his personal feelings, as so often, behind a smokescreen of mythic witticisms–is the psychological impact of falling in love with an actual person. The symptoms are ...
( Category: Love Poems May 27,2019 )
Iliad (Translated & Annotated) by Homer & Lombardo Stanley
mobi |eng | 1997-05-31 | Author:Homer & Lombardo, Stanley [Lombardo, Stanley]

He washed the wound off with warm water And patted into it a bitter root That he had rubbed between his hands, [890] An anodyne that took away the pain. ...
( Category: Ancient & Classical May 27,2019 )
Demons and Spirits of the Land: Ancestral Lore and Practices by Lecouteux Claude
azw3, epub |eng | 2015-07-16 | Author:Lecouteux, Claude [Lecouteux, Claude]

because that’s the boundary of Galvoie That knights cannot pass And ever return again. (6602–4) The boundary marker therefore signifies, to some extent, the beginning of a journey of no ...
( Category: Arthurian Romance May 27,2019 )
The Arthur of Medieval Latin Literature: The Development and Dissemination of the Arthurian Legend in Medieval Latin (Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages) by Siân Echard
azw3 |eng | 2011-03-14 | Author:Siân Echard

In other words, the reason why no historian reports Arthur’s death is that no one was present to witness it when it happened. The ambiguity surrounding his death is thus ...
( Category: Arthurian Romance May 27,2019 )
Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) by Thornbury Emily V
azw3 |eng | 2014-01-30 | Author:Thornbury, Emily V. [Thornbury, Emily V.]

Home renovations: Christ and Satan ‘Liber II’ in Junius XI seems something of an afterthought. The first 212 pages, containing Genesis, Exodus, and Daniel, were written by one scribe in ...
( Category: Medieval May 27,2019 )

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