Walküren, Bodbs, Sirenen

This work considers Valkyries in the medieval Scandinavian mythology and literature and places them in the context of the early history of European religion. Drawing on textual and archaeological sources, a detailed review of Celtic, Etruscan and Graeco-Roman female demons of the battlefield and of death is presented, and their remarkable similarity with the Valkyries analysed against the background of Mediterranean-transalpine cultural contacts.

Autorentext

Matthias Egeler, St Catharine s College, Cambridge, UK .

Zusammenfassung

"Die sprachlich und quellenmäßig weit ausgreifende, gründliche und grundlegende Untersuchung schließt mit einer umfänglichen Bibliographie und einem knappen Register."
Klaus Düwel in: Germanistik 1-2/2011