The Stranger-King in Hvítramannaland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21802591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonas Wellendorf (0009-0008-3721-4930, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Pages | 207-237 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Viking and Medieval Scandinavia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1782-7183 • E-ISSN: 2030-9902 |
| Publisher | Brepols Publishers NV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1484/j.vms.5.132127 |
| OpenAlex | W4320928250 |
| Language | DE |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
The article argues that the Old Norse notion of Hvítramannaland/Írland it mikla is by no means a wholesale borrowing from Irish voyage narratives, as has been argued in recent scholarship. Rather, it is a fictional space that combines widespread ideas of stranger-kings and lost islands with the notion of Ireland as a strange, forbidding but also marvellously paradoxical location from which most would be advised to keep a safe distance
Art · Irish · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Scholarship · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Philosophy · Travel Writing and Literature
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |