Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions
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Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions

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Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions

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Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions explores the traditions of two fascinating and contiguous cultures in north-western Europe. History regularly brought these two peoples into contact, most prominently with the viking invasion of Ireland. In the famous Second Battle of Mag Tuired, gods such as Lug, Balor, and the Dagda participated in the conflict that distinguished this invasion. Pseudohistory, which consists of both secular and ecclesiastical fictions, arose in this nexus of peoples and myth and spilled over into other contexts such as chronological annals. Scandinavian gods such as Odin, Balder, Thor, and Loki feature in the Edda of Snorri Sturluson and the history of the Danes by Saxo Grammaticus. This volume explores such written works alongside archaeological evidence from earlier periods through fresh approaches that challenge entrenched views.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040787229
Topic
History
Subtopic
European History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Celtic Tradition
  9. 1 The Nature of the Fomoiri: The Dark Other in the Medieval Irish Imagination
  10. 2 Tuatha DĂ© and Fomoiri in Cath Maige Tuired
  11. 3 Exploring Cath Maige Tuired through the Concept of Hybridity
  12. 4 How Time Flies in the Cath Maige Tuired
  13. 5 The Idols of the Pagan Irish in the Medieval Literary Imagination
  14. 6 Myth as a Historical Resource : The Case of Orgain Denna RĂ­g (The Destruction of Dinn RĂ­g)
  15. 7 Hagiography as Political Documentation : The Case of Betha Beraigh (The Life of St Berach)
  16. Scandinavian Tradition
  17. 8 Baldr’s Achilles’ Heel? About the Scandinavian Three-God B-Bracteates
  18. 9 The Cult of Óðinn in the Early Scandinavian Warrior Aristocracy
  19. 10 Myth to History in Saxo
  20. 11 The Scylding Dynasty in Saxo and Beowulf as Disguised Theogony
  21. 12 Loki the Slandered God? Selective Omission of Skaldic Citations in Snorri Sturluson’s Edda
  22. 13 Ymir, Baldr, and the Grand Narrative Arc of Mythological History
  23. Index