LEADER 04305oam 22005412 450 001 9910793670003321 005 20230817180353.0 010 $a90-04-39843-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004398436 035 $a(CKB)4100000008400571 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5842431 035 $a(DLC)20926047 035 $a(DLC)2019014390 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004398436 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008400571 100 $a20190401d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aNorthern myths, modern identities $ethe nationalisation of northern mythologies since 1800 /$fedited by Simon Halink 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d[2019] 215 $a1 online resource (273 pages) 225 0 $aNational cultivation of culture,$x1876-5645 ;$vvolume 19 311 $a90-04-36747-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tCopyright Page -- $tFigures and Tables -- $tAbout the Authors -- $tNorthern Myths, Modern Identities: An Introduction /$rSimon Halink -- $tImagining the North -- $tThe North: A Cultural Stereotype between Metaphor and Racial Essentialism /$rJoep Leerssen -- $tWithin or Outside Europe? Modernists and Anti-modernists Visiting Iceland in the Mid-Nineteenth Century /$rSumarliði R. Ísleifsson -- $tIs Nordic Mythology Nordic or National, or Both? Competing National Appropriations of Nordic Mythology in Early Nineteenth-Century Scandinavia /$rTim van Gerven -- $tAncient Heritage, New Meaning -- $tNorse Myths, Nordic Identities: The Divergent Case of Icelandic Romanticism /$rGylfi Gunnlaugsson -- $tRedbad, the Once and Future King of the Frisians /$rHan Nijdam and Otto S. Knottnerus -- $tNorse Mythology in Icelandic Fiction about the Second World War /$rDaisy Neijmann -- $tOf Gods and Men: Uses and Abuses of Neo-Paganism by Nationalist Movements in the ?North? /$rRobert A. Saunders -- $tTravelling Ideas and Artistic Expressions -- $tHeirs of Lönnrot: From Longfellow to Tolkien /$rTom Shippey -- $tKalevala in International Masks: A Japanese Aino and Kalevala dell?Arte /$rKendra Willson -- $tThe Quest of Gangleri: Theosophy and Old Norse Mythology in Iceland /$rSimon Halink -- $tBeyond the Nation? -- $tCrossing the Borders: Loki and the Decline of the Nation State /$rKatja Schulz -- $tApocalypse Now: Norse Gods and the End of the Nation /$rCarline Tromp -- $tBack Matter -- $tIndex of Names and Subjects. 330 $aThis anthology of essays, Northern Myths, Modern Identities , explores the various ways in which ancient mythologies have been cultivated in the cultural construction of ethnic, national and supra-national identities from 1800 to the present. How were Old Norse, Finno-Ugric and Frisian myths employed as rhetorical devices in national narratives? And how did (and do) these new interpretations convey a sense of ?northernness?? This volume approaches these issues from an interdisciplinary and international perspective, and brings together case studies from Scandinavia, the Baltic region, Friesland, Britain, the United States and even Japan. Thus, it provides a unique insight into the reception history and uses of northern myths in the present, and their role in the creation of modern identities. Contributors are: Tim van Gerven, Gylfi Gunnlaugsson, Simon Halink, Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson, Otto S. Knottnerus, Joep Leerssen, Daisy Neijmann, Han Nijdam, Robert A. Saunders, Katja Schulz, Tom Shippey, Carline Tromp, and Kendra Willson. 410 0$aNational Cultivation of Culture$v19. 606 $aMythology, Norse 606 $aNationalism$zScandinavia 606 $aNational characteristics, Scandinavian 606 $aScandinavians$xEthnic identity 606 $aNationalism in literature 615 0$aMythology, Norse. 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aNational characteristics, Scandinavian. 615 0$aScandinavians$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aNationalism in literature. 676 $a293.13 702 $aHalink$b Simon 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793670003321 996 $aNorthern myths, modern identities$91773962 997 $aUNINA