Kinship in Old Norse Myth and Legend

This wide-ranging study offers a new understanding of Old Norse kinship in which the individual self was expanded to encompass its kin.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
A Note on Conventions
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
1. Fathers and Sons
2. Fathers and Daughters
3. Mothers and their Children
4. Uncles and Aunts
5. The Patronymic System
6. Kinship and Narrative
Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Katherine Marie Olley

Product details

• Authors: Dr Katherine Marie Olley, Dr. Katherine Marie Olley, Katherine Marie Olley
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781843846376
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-637-6
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 242 mm x 162 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 560 g
• Series: Studies in Old Norse Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies