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Otherworld Women in Early Irish Literature
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Otherworld Women in Early Irish Literature / Heather Key.
ISBN
9789048555987
9789463728270
Publication
Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2023
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023
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©2023
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Table of Abbreviations Preface Part I: Introduction Chapter One: Women in Early Ireland Chapter Two: The "Otherworld" of Early Ireland Part II: The Texts Chapter Three: <cite>Echtrae Chonnlai</cite> and <cite>Immram Brain</cite> Chapter Four: <cite>Serglige Con Culainn</cite> Chapter Five: The Eponymous Goddesses of <cite>Lebor Gabála Érenn</cite> Chapter Six: <cite>Echtrae Nerai</cite> Chapter Seven: A Fair Shake: Otherworld Men as Intermediaries Conclusion Appendix: An Edition of <cite>Lebor Gabála Érenn's</cite> Summaries of the Eponymous Goddess Sections Purportedly from the <cite>Cín Dromma Snechtai</cite> Bibliography
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In early Ireland, there were many names for what scholars have dubbed the 'Otherworld': the Plain of Delights, the Land of Youth, the Land of Promise, and more. Many of the myths and legends from this period involve an encounter between a hero and a woman from this Otherworld, with sufficient frequency to form a distinct theme within the literature. This book examines the particularities and consequences of these otherworldly encounters, attending in particular to the question of gender and the social dynamics at work. Five stories purportedly from the lost book <cite>Cín Dromma Snechta</cite> receive detailed analysis, alongside material from other sources, in order to reconstruct the mindset of the early Irish who told these stories about the Otherworld and their views about women in general.
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Language
English
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July 19, 2023
Series
The Early Medieval North Atlantic
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