Old english shorter poems: volume ii
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674053069
Date de publication :
28 avr. 2014
Dimensions :
20,3 x 13,3 x 2,4 cm
Poids :
435 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Old English Shorter Poems offers tantalizing insights into the Anglo-Saxon mental landscape. These poems and charms find meaning in the loss of fortune and reputation, exile, and alienation. Wisdom also emerges as folk remedies, such as charms to treat stabbing pain, cysts, childbirth, and nightmares of witch-riding caused by a dwarf.