{"product_id":"between-the-worlds-von-undefined","title":"Between the Worlds","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                 \n                \n                \u003cp\u003eThe rich corpus of literary otherworld journeys that has survived from the Scandinavian - and especially the Icelandic - Middle Ages is in many respects tied to a space 'Between the Worlds'. Every otherworld journey quite literally engages with a space 'between the worlds' in the sense that it plays itself out between this world and a world beyond, an otherworld. Yet this is not all. Also in terms of its cultural context this branch of the literature of the medieval North takes up a position situated midway between a broad range of poles. Texts from the Christian period treat pre-Christian mythology; allegedly pre-Christian material is studded with Christian motifs; Scandinavian texts adapt the learning and literature of the European continent, Ireland, and the classical Mediterranean; and Finnish narratives in turn appear to adapt Scandinavian narrative patterns. The volume presents a rich panorama of a broad range of very different - Scandinavian, Finno-Ugric, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Ancient Near Eastern, and archaeological - perspectives on the topic of the 'otherworld journey', which contextualises the motif of the otherworld journey in Old Norse-Icelandic literature in an unprecedented breadth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                 \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783110618815\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContexts, Sources, and Analogues of Scandinavian Otherworld Journeys\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9783110618815","offer_id":54588638757189,"sku":"9783110618815","price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/036a5e72-1e41-4c82-94c1-d0395b9576d9.jpg?v=1778130333","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/between-the-worlds-von-undefined","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}