Atlantic outlooks on being at home : Gaelic place-lore and the construction of a sense of place in medieval Iceland /


Matthias Egeler.
Bok Engelsk 2018
Omfang
324 sider : : illustrasjoner ;
Opplysninger
Foreword -- 1. Place, naming place, and playing with place -- Place -- Place-names on the move : Atlantic outlooks on Icelandic toponymy -- Playing with places : three Irish and three Norse place-stories -- 2. Narrating place : a survey of place-stories on the move -- How to get from place to place : methodology, or, cliffs opening -- Hoofprints : the water-horse of Auðun the Stutterer in Landnámabók -- Floting church bells : the settlement account of Ørlygr Hrappsson in Landnámabók -- Saints and salmon : the lives of Ásólfr alskik in Landnámabók -- High crosses in western Iceland : the Krosshólar Hills of Auðr the Deep-minded in Landnámabók -- Papar : Gaelic anchorites in place-names and place-stories in Íslendingabók and Landnámabók -- Life, death, and immortality : the folklore of the Hvannsalur Valley -- Hospitable halls : the houses of utmost hospitality in Landnámabók and Eyrbyggja saga -- Bulls and places : the topographical biography of Þórólfr Twist-food in Eyrbyggja saga -- Beyond the horizon : the transmarine land of Hvítramannaland in Landnámabók -- 3. Epilogue : Hoofprints and sagas -- Naming and narrating place : summary of the evidence and some initial conclusions -- Recurrent themes, and some further conclusions : the backward gaze and saga writing.
Emner
Geografisk emneord
Irland (Øy) : (NO-TrBIB)HUME03672. - Island . - Islanti
Dewey
ISBN
978-951-41-1125-9

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