European Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and Places
Dixon-Kennedy, Mike
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The origin of each myth is italicized under the main entry. There are entries for individual countries, such as Finland, Denmark, and Scotland. Embedded within each entry are cross-references to related entries within the volume. Graphs that chart the lineage of various protagonists, such as the Norse hero Sigurdr, accompany the text. Some entries are four pages long, while many others are restricted to one or two sentences. There is more extensive treatment of familiar topics like Thor and Loki, and for individuals like Snorri Sturluson, an early-thirteenth-century Icelandic scholar who compiled the Prose Edda, from which many of legends in this volume derive. Some entries are divided into more than one part to illustrate variant treatments of common themes: dragons, for example, has subsections on Russian dragons, which are typical fire-breathing monsters, versus the Teutonic variety, which are more likely to be huge serpents guarding graves or treasures.
The value of the work lies in the concise recounting of many of the legends and myths, some never written down but passed from generation to generation through oral tradition. It does not replace, but owes much to, more scholarly works. A bibliography at the end of the volume includes the main sources consulted and lists many core texts in the original languages. Libraries serving students of myth and legend will benefit from the author's distillation of scholarship on eastern European legend and myth. Especially useful for high schools and public libraries.
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