{"product_id":"meeting-the-other-in-norse-myth-and-legend","title":"Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend","description":"Close examination of the significant theme of other-worldly encounters in Norse myth and legend, including giantesses, monsters and the Dead.\n\nA 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.","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251372249432,"sku":"9781843840428","price":107.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781843840428.jpg?v=1768275931","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/meeting-the-other-in-norse-myth-and-legend","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}