Myth and History in Celtic and Scandinavian Traditions

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Emily Lyle -- Celtic Tradition -- 1. The Nature Of The Fomoiri: The Dark Other In The Medieval Irish Imagination -- John Carey -- 2. Tuatha Dé And Fomoiri In Cath Maige Tuired -- Elizabeth A. Gray -- 3. Exploring Cath Maige Tuired Through The Concept Of Hybridity -- Ina Tuomala -- 4. How Time Flies In The Cath Maige Tuired -- Joseph Falaky Nagy -- 5. The Idols Of The Pagan Irish In The Medieval Literary Imagination -- Alexandra Bergholm -- 6. Myth As A Historical Resource: The Case Of Orgain Denna Ríg (the Destruction Of Dinn Ríg) Kevin Murray -- 7. Hagiography As Political Documentation: The Case Of Betha Beraigh (the Life Of St Berach) -- Ksenia Kudenko -- Scandinavian Tradition -- 8. Baldr's Achilles' Heel? About The Scandinavian Three-god B-bracteates -- Karen Bek-pedersen -- 9. The Cult Of Óðinn In The Early Scandinavian Warrior Aristocracy -- Joshua Rood -- 10. Myth To History In Saxo -- Morten Warmind -- 11. The Scylding Dynasty In Saxo And Beowulf As Disguised Theogony -- Emily Lyle -- 12. Loki The Slandered God? Selective Omission Of Skaldic Citations In Snorri Sturluson's Edda -- James Parkhouse 13. Ymir, Baldr, And The Grand Narrative Arc Of Mythological History -- Jonas Wellendorf -- Index -- List Of Tables -- Table 10.1 A Comparison Of Narratives In Thórsdrápa, Saxo, And Snorri -- Table 11.1. The Four-generation Divine Model Showing Helga/helgi As The Father Or Grandfather Of Hroðulf/rolf Krake -- Table 11.2. The Effect Of The Inclusion Of The Yrsa Generation On The Parallels Between The Danish And Geatish Royal Lines -- Table 11.3. Illicit Intercourse Present In Saxo And Absent From Beowulf Table 11.4. The Old Norse Gods In Snorri Who Have Equivalents In The Postulated Theogonic Sequence In Saxo -- List Of Images -- Figure 8.1 The 3-figure B-bracteates Skovsborg (ik 165). -- Figure 8.2 Fakse (ik 51, 1). -- Figure 8.3 Killerup (ik 51, 2). -- Figure 8.4 Denmark (ik 40). -- Figure 8.5 Denmark (ik 39). -- Figure 8.6 Zagórzyn (ik 20). -- Figure 8.7 Gummerup (ik 66). -- Figure 8.8 Gudme (ik 51, 3). -- Figure 8.9 Fuglsang/sorte Muld (ik 595). -- Figure 8.10 Snogskilden (ik 646), Drawn By Theauthor. -- Figure 8.11 Hvorslevgård (ik 675), Drawn By The Author. Figure 8.12 Dalshøj (ik 685), Drawn By The Author. -- Figure 9.1 The Distribution Of Theophoric Place Names In Scandinavia Containing The Name Of The God Óðinn -- Open Circles Are Uncertain. Based On Brink, 'how Uniform Was The Old Norse Religion?', P. 112, With Locations Of Sites Using Salr ('hall') Added. By -- Figure 9.2 The 'helping Figure', From Greta Arwidsson, Båtgravarna I Valsgärde, P. 58. Permission Requested From Statens Historiska Museer. -- Figure 9.3 The 'torslunda Dancer', From Knut Stjerna, Hjälmar Och Svärd I Beovulf, P. 103. By Permission Of Statens Historiska Museer. Edited By Emily Lyle. Figure 13.1. The Genealogy Of Óðinn And His Brothers According To The Prose Edda, Drawn By The Author. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.