Kinship in Old Norse myth and legend /
"This wide-ranging study offers a new understanding of Old Norse kinship in which the individual self was expanded to encompass its kin. Family interactions in Old Norse myth and legend were often fraught, competitive, even violent as well as loving, protective and supportive. Focusing particul...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
D. S. Brewer,
2022.
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| Series: | Studies in Old Norse literature.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv29g2htp |
Table of Contents:
- Fathers and sons
- Fathers and daughters
- Mothers and their children
- Uncles and aunts
- The patronymic system
- Kinship and narrative.