Dreams in Old Norse Literature and their Affinities in Folklore

• Author(s): Georgia Dunham Kelchner,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 166
• ISBN_10: 1107620228
  ISBN_13: 9781107620223
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / European / German , Literary Criticism / European / Scandinavian , Body, Mind & Spirit / Dreams , Social Science / Folklore & Mythology ,

Description:... Originally published in 1935, this book examines the role of dreams in Old Norse literature, how dreams were changed by the coming of Christianity, and how parallels in folklore can further inform an understanding of the importance of dreams to pre-Christian Norsemen. Kelchner also supplies an appendix featuring the original Icelandic text of the relevant Eddas alongside her own translation. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in thematic conventions in Old Norse literature.