This contribution represents a literary-anthropological analysis of Þórgunna’s nightly apparition scene in the Eyrbyggja saga. This has been deconstructed and compared with other medieval tales of encounters between nonhuman entities and the living that are similarly based on the exchange/offering/sharing of food, leading to a substantial reinterpretation of Þórgunna’s identity.
MARASCHI A (2020). Þórgunna’s dinner and other meals on the threshold between this world and the hereafter. Berlino : De Gruyter [https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501513862-005].
Þórgunna’s dinner and other meals on the threshold between this world and the hereafter
MARASCHI A
2020
Abstract
This contribution represents a literary-anthropological analysis of Þórgunna’s nightly apparition scene in the Eyrbyggja saga. This has been deconstructed and compared with other medieval tales of encounters between nonhuman entities and the living that are similarly based on the exchange/offering/sharing of food, leading to a substantial reinterpretation of Þórgunna’s identity.File in questo prodotto:
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