Elves in Anglo?Saxon England ? Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity
Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity
Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies; Volume 8;
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Product details:
- Publisher Boydell Press
- Date of Publication 15 March 2007
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9781843832942
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages238 pages
- Size 258x151x19 mm
- Weight 518 g
- Language English 0
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Elves and elf-belief during the Anglo-Saxon period are reassessed in this lively and provocative study.
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Elves and elf-belief during the Anglo-Saxon period are reassessed in this lively and provocative study.
Anglo-Saxon elves [Old English ?lfe] are one of the best attested non-Christian beliefs in early medieval Europe, but current interpretations of the evidence derive directly from outdated nineteenth- and early twentieth-century scholarship. Integrating linguistic and textual approaches into an anthropologically-inspired framework, this book reassesses the full range of evidence. It traces continuities and changes in medieval non-Christian beliefs with a new degree of reliability, from pre-conversion times to the eleventh century and beyond, and uses comparative material from medieval Ireland and Scandinavia to argue for a dynamic relationship between beliefs and society. Inparticular, it interprets the cultural significance of elves as a cause of illness in medical texts, and provides new insights into the much-discussed Scandinavian magic of seidr. Elf-beliefs, moreover, were connected withAnglo-Saxon constructions of sex and gender; their changing nature provides a rare insight into a fascinating area of early medieval European culture.
Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2007
ALARIC HALL is a fellow of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies.
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