Imagining the Supernatural North
Turning to face north, face the north, we enter our own unconscious. Always, in retrospect, the journey north has the quality of dream. Margaret Atwood, True North In this interdisciplinary collection, sixteen scholars from twelve countries explore the notion of the North as a realm of the supernatural. This region has long been associated with sorcerous inhabitants, mythical tribes, metaphysical forces of good and evil, and a range of supernatural qualities. It was both the sacred abode of the gods and a feared source of menacing invaders and otherworldly beings. Whether from the perspective of traditional Jewish lore or of contemporary blac…
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Weitere Autoren: Cudmore, Danielle Marie (Ph.D. candidate in Cornell University's Medieval Studies Program, Cornell University) (Hrsg.) / Donecker, Stefan (Department of Medieval Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Wohllebengasse) (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-77212-267-1
- EAN: 9781772122671
- Produktnummer: 19636063
- Verlag: University of Alberta Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H15.3 cm x B22.7 cm x D2.5 cm 534 g
- Gewicht: 534
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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