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Author Bryan, Eric Shane, author

Title Icelandic folklore and the cultural memory of religious change / Eric Shane Bryan
Edition New edition
Published Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2021

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Series Borderlines
Notes Introduction: Stories, Memories, and Modalities Belief Chapter 1-The Dead Bridegroom Carries off his Bride: Pejoration and Adjacency Pairs in ATU 365 Chapter 2-The Elf-Woman's Conversion: Gender Spheres in Post-Medieval Icelandic Folktales Chapter 3- The Fylgjur of Iceland: Attendant Spirits and a Distorted Sense of Guardianship Chapter 4-The Elf Church: Memories of Contested Sacred Spaces Chapter 5-The Stupid Boy and the Devil: Sæmundur Fróði, Magic, and Redemption Conclusion: The Transformation of Memory and of Self Selected Bibliography Index
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Subject Folklore -- Iceland -- History
Tales -- Iceland -- History and criticism
Reformation -- Folklore
Christianity -- Folklore
LITERARY CRITICISM / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Christianity
Folklore
Reformation
Tales
Iceland
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781641893763
1641893761