Walküren, Bodbs, Sirenen
Matthias Egeler
This work considers Valkyries in the medieval Scandinavian mythology and literature and places them in the context of the early history of European religion. Drawing on textual and archaeological sources, a detailed review of Celtic, Etruscan and Graeco-Roman female demons of the battlefield and of death is presented, and their remarkable similarity with the Valkyries analysed against the background of Mediterranean-transalpine cultural contacts.
Year:
2011
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter
Language:
german
Pages:
606
ISBN 10:
3110246619
ISBN 13:
9783110246612
Series:
Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde; 71
File:
PDF, 55.31 MB
IPFS:
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german, 2011