{"product_id":"meeting-the-other-in-norse-john-mckinnell-9781843840428","title":"Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend","description":"A 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McKinnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843840421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843840428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.46w x 1.17d","brand":"John McKinnell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088870060287,"sku":"9781843840428","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40bf5aa2-e243-4168-a2e5-d00915778655.jpg?v=1769106993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meeting-the-other-in-norse-john-mckinnell-9781843840428","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}