{"product_id":"9781843840428-meeting-the-other-in-norse-myth-and-legend","title":"Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClose examination of the significant theme of other-worldly encounters in Norse myth and legend, including giantesses, monsters and the Dead. Close examination of the significant theme of other-worldly encounters in Norse myth and legend, including giantesses, monsters and the Dead.A particular, recurring feature of Old Norse myths and legends is an encounter between creatures of This World [gods and human beings] and those of the Other [giants, giantesses, dwarves, prophetesses, monsters and the dead]. Concentrating on cross-gendered encounters, this book analyses these meetings, and the different motifs and situations they encompass, from the consultation of a prophetess by a king or god, to sexual liaisons and return from the dead. It considers the evidence for their pre-Christian origins, discusses how far individual poets and prose writers were free to modify them, and suggests that they survived in medieval Christian society because [like folk-tale] they provide a non-dogmatic way of resolving social and psychological problems connected with growing up, succession from one generation to the next, sexual relationships and bereavement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41752724209761,"sku":"9781843840428","price":109.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_10931398_1_jpg.jpg?v=1721018220","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781843840428-meeting-the-other-in-norse-myth-and-legend","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}