Northern Lights: Following Folklore in North-Western Europe [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Seamas O Cathain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 2001

This collection of twenty-seven original essays by a number of distinguished scholars from Ireland, England, and Scandinavia highlights folklore themes and motifs in a region richly endowed with old vernacular literatures and vibrant contemporary folk traditions. Its contents illustrate in a variety of ways the links between the two cultures in folklore and literature and many of the essays draw upon evidence for the exchange of cultural goods and cross-fertilization of ideas that resulted from the interplay between the Celtic and Nordic peoples of northwestern Europe.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This collection of essays succeeds where it matters most; in deepening understanding of human experience, and conveying the joyfulness of the discovery." Bealoideas 2001 "The articles vary enormously in subject, across the range of heritage from food to dreams in Old Norse and Old Irish literature, to the connections between stories in different countries ... This kind of stuff isn't just interesting for heritage fans, it is also useful as gardening knowledge learned over time." Books Ireland March 2002 "This collection of 28 papers constitutes a representative selection of all the topics and fields of folklore-related topics that has characterized Bo Almqvist's work ... Moreover, this is a typographically beautiful book." Ethnologia Scandavica Vol 32 2002 "Readers interested in Ireland, Iceland, Scandinavia and North-Western Europe, Old Norse language and literature, folklore, legends, proverbs, worldview and Almqvist will thoroughly enjoy this tribute to Almqvist, with its many interesting, well written and thoroughly documented research essays." Arc (Nordic Yearbook of Folklore) Vol 60 2005

Language Notes

Text: English

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Univ College Dublin Pr; illustrated edition edition (December 31, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1900621630
• ISBN-13: 978-1900621632
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,737,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)