{"product_id":"meeting-the-other-in-norse-myth-and-legend-9781843840428","title":"Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John McKinnell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47587069624471,"sku":"9781843840428","price":13580.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781843840428.webp?v=1774966272","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/meeting-the-other-in-norse-myth-and-legend-9781843840428","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}