The French Connection, or Pórr versus the Golem.
This article investigates the extent to which Jewish exegetical and magical traditions were known in medieval Scandinavia. Particular attention is paid to the mythological work, SnorraEdda (ca. 1220), and the prose narrative Porleifs f)áttrjarlsskálds (ca. 1300). In Snorra Edda, we encounter the cha...
| Publicado en: | Medieval Encounters Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 238 - 261 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2014
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