"Oedipus borealis argues that many well known figures in the Icelandic saga literature are based on mythic prototypes, and that both saga heroes and mythic figures are modeled on a pattern in which physical disability or deformity is linked with both sexual deviance and supernat…
"Theodore M. Andersson, a leading scholar of the Norse sagas, introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280, a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of polit…
Les sagas légendaires rapportent les grandes légendes concernant les héros et mythes nordiques ou pangermaniques. En vertu de la même conception du destin omnipotent, leurs auteurs se sont intéressés à tout ce qui passionnait l'homme du Nord au Moyen Age, adaptations de thèmes d…
