{"product_id":"9783110618815","title":"Between the Worlds : Contexts, Sources, and Analogues of Scandinavian Otherworld Journeys (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 118) (2020. VII, 722 S. 33 b\/w and 28 col. ill., 3 b\/w tbl. 240 mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rich corpus of literary otherworld journeys that has survived from the Scandinavian - and especially the Icelandic - Middle Ages is in many respects tied to a space 'Between the Worlds'. Every otherworld journey quite literally engages with a space 'between the worlds' in the sense that it plays itself out between this world and a world beyond, an otherworld. Yet this is not all. Also in terms of its cultural context this branch of the literature of the medieval North takes up a position situated midway between a broad range of poles. Texts from the Christian period treat pre-Christian mythology; allegedly pre-Christian material is studded with Christian motifs; Scandinavian texts adapt the learning and literature of the European continent, Ireland, and the classical Mediterranean; and Finnish narratives in turn appear to adapt Scandinavian narrative patterns. The volume presents a rich panorama of a broad range of very different - Scandinavian, Finno-Ugric, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Ancient Near Eastern, and archaeological - perspectives on the topic of the 'otherworld journey', which contextualises the motif of the otherworld journey in Old Norse-Icelandic literature in an unprecedented breadth. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilhelm Heizmann\u003c\/strong\u003e;\u003cstrong\u003e Matthias Egeler\u003c\/strong\u003e, LMU München. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DE GRUYTER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48256322306283,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":531.04,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9783110618815","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}