The Motif of the Separating Sword in World Art and Literature: A Study of Its Origins and DevelopmentA re-examination "the Separating Sword" that demonstrates the complexity of intertextual influences across linguistic and cultural boundaries. |
Contents
Arabic tales | 10 |
Examples of the motif | 28 |
Amicus et Amelius | 44 |
Copyright | |
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adapted Amicus et Amelius Anglo-Norman Arab Arawn audience Bédier Beroul Boeve bride Brockington brother Brynhild Byock century A.D. chanson de geste chapter chaste chastity Chronicles of Moses Cobbo consummate context couple death detail discovery scene earlier early Edda Eilhart Eilhart von Oberg episode evidence extant French German girl Gorm Gottfried Gudrun Gunnar hero husband Icelandic India Jewish kill King Lantfrid Larrington 1996 later legend lines literary lovers manuscript Marc Marc's marriage married mediaeval Morrois Moses naked narrative Nibelungenlied night Orendel original Palti Pañcatantra Pellias places his sword poem Poetic Edda proxy Pwyll redactors references relationship romance saga Saxo Separating Sword motif sexual Sigurd Sigurd stories similar Sinfjotli Sir Tristrem sleeping storytellers suggestion symbolise tale Thomas tradition trans Tristan and Iseult Tristan en prose Tristran Tristran and Yseut Tristran story Twins variants verbal text verse vols Volsungasaga wedding wife woman Yseut