Beowulf's Wealhtheow and the Valkyrie Tradition |
Contents
Wealhtheow and Contextual Problems | 3 |
Wealhtheow and Heroic Tradition | 17 |
The ValkyrieFigure in AngloSaxon | 41 |
Copyright | |
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action Anglo Anglo-Saxon appears associated Athils Athils's battle Beowulf Beowulf poet Beowulfian Björkman characterization court cwen Danish depicted dís dísir Elene epic episode epithet female warriors figure Freyja function Geats Germanic gold gold-adorned goldhroden Grendel Grendel's mother hall Healfdene Helgakviða Hundingsbana Helgakviða Hundingsbana II Helgi Helgi lays helmet Heorot Heorot's queen hero heroic poetry Hildeburh historical Hrethric hroden Hrolf Hrólfs saga kraka Hrothgar Hrothulf Hygd Hygelac Hygelac's Icelandic identified ides Judith Juliana king Klaeber legend legendary lines literature maiden Malone martial Modthrytho motif narrative Odin's Old English Old Norse Olrik Olrik-Hollander passage personage poem poem's poet's Poetic Edda prince prose refers relationship role Saxo Saxon Scandinavian Scylding Scylding queen second banquet scene sequence Sigrun Skáldskaparmál speech structural suggests Svava Swedish term Teutonic theow tion tradition treasure treasure-giver Unferth Uppsalafor valkyrie-brides valkyrie-figure valkyries Wealh Wealhpeow Wealhtheow woman wulf Ynglinga saga Yrsa Yrsa's þā þæt