LEADER 01584cam0-2200517---450- 001 990000069780203316 005 20050628113915.0 010 $a84-7846-689-4 035 $a0006978 035 $aUSA010006978 035 $a(ALEPH)000006978USA01 035 $a0006978 100 $a20000914d1997----|||y0itay0103----ba 101 0 $aspa 102 $aSP 105 $aa---||||001yy 200 1 $aAntonio Machado$efragmentos de biografàia espiritual$fJuan Josâe Coy 210 $aValladolid$cConsejerìa de educaciòn y cultura$dcopyr. 1997 215 $a292 p.$cill. , 2 ritr.$d24 cm 225 2 $aVillalar 98.$iSerie Maior 410 0$a12001$aVillalr 98. Serie Maior 610 $aMachado, Antonio 676 $a861. 62 700 1$aCOY,$bJuan José$0402620 801 $aIT$bSALBC$gISBD 912 $a990000069780203316 951 $aVI.5.B. 294(II sp C 278)$b150009 L.M.$cII sp C$d00001742 959 $aBK 979 $c20000914$lUSA01$h1732 979 $c20000919$lUSA01$h1047 979 $c20000919$lUSA01$h1521 979 $c20001019$lUSA01$h1055 979 $c20001019$lUSA01$h1453 979 $c20001019$lUSA01$h1500 979 $c20001019$lUSA01$h1538 979 $c20001024$lUSA01$h1514 979 $c20001027$lUSA01$h1518 979 $c20001027$lUSA01$h1523 979 $c20001110$lUSA01$h1709 979 $c20001124$lUSA01$h1207 979 $c20020403$lUSA01$h1614 979 $aPATRY$b90$c20040406$lUSA01$h1606 979 $aCOPAT7$b90$c20050628$lUSA01$h1139 996 $aAntonio Machado$9566941 997 $aUNISA bas $auma LEADER 03235nam 2200457 n 450 001 9910367590603321 005 20251116175800.0 010 $a979-1-03-656080-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000010106011 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-obp-12469 035 $a(PPN)253362717 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010106011 100 $a20210129d2020 ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 200 04$aThe Waning Sword$eConversion Imagery and Celestial Myth in Beowulf$fEdward Pettit 210 $aCambridge$cOpen Book Publishers$d2020 215 $a1 online resource (xxii-537 p.) 311 08$a1-78374-827-3 330 $aThe image of a giant sword melting stands at the structural and thematic heart of the Old English heroic poem Beowulf. This meticulously researched book investigates the nature and significance of this golden-hilted weapon and its likely relatives within Beowulf and beyond, drawing on the fields of Old English and Old Norse language and literature, liturgy, archaeology, astronomy, folklore and comparative mythology. In Part I, Pettit explores the complex of connotations surrounding this image (from icicles to candles and crosses) by examining a range of medieval sources, and argues that the giant sword may function as a visual motif in which pre-Christian Germanic concepts and prominent Christian symbols coalesce. In Part II, Pettit investigates the broader Germanic background to this image, especially in relation to the god Ing/Yngvi-Freyr, and explores the capacity of myths to recur and endure across time. Drawing on an eclectic range of narrative and linguistic evidence from Northern European texts, and on archaeological discoveries, Pettit suggests that the image of the giant sword, and the characters and events associated with it, may reflect an elemental struggle between the sun and the moon, articulated through an underlying myth about the theft and repossession of sunlight. The Waning Sword: Conversion Imagery and Celesti al Myth in Beowulf is a welcome contribution to the overlapping fields of Beowulf-scholarship, Old Norse-Icelandic literature and Germanic philology. Not only does it present a wealth of new readings that shed light on the craft of the Beowulf-poet and inform our understanding of the poem?s major episodes and themes; it further highlights the merits of adopting an interdisciplinary approach alongside a comparative vantage point. As such, The Waning Sword will be compelling reading for Beowulf-scholars and for a wider audience of medievalists.As with all Open Book publications, this entire book is available to read for free on the? 517 $aWaning Sword 606 $aClassics 606 $aLiterature 606 $aOld English 606 $aOld English heroic poem 606 $aBeowulf 606 $aOld Norse 606 $agod Ing/Yngvi-Freyr 615 4$aClassics 615 4$aLiterature 615 4$aOld English 615 4$aOld English heroic poem 615 4$aBeowulf 615 4$aOld Norse 615 4$agod Ing/Yngvi-Freyr 700 $aPettit$b Edward$01007223 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910367590603321 996 $aThe Waning Sword$93015017 997 $aUNINA