The Otherworld Voyage in Early Irish Literature: An Anthology of CriticismFour Courts Press, 2000 - 289 oldal Nineteen articles provide a critical overview of the voyage genre in early Irish literature. It was a time when tales of journeys to an otherworld or paradise were common, evoking a powerful vision of the Irish as pilgrims and exiles. The widely scattered and often obscurely published secondary lite |
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139. oldal
... birds of the Otherworld islands in Immram Brain ; 24 that the blessed immortals sing hymns perpetually is a prominent feature of such works as Navigatio Sancti Brendani and the vernacular clerical voyage literature.25 Various details of ...
... birds of the Otherworld islands in Immram Brain ; 24 that the blessed immortals sing hymns perpetually is a prominent feature of such works as Navigatio Sancti Brendani and the vernacular clerical voyage literature.25 Various details of ...
152. oldal
... birds as one might expect from someone influenced by Irish customs and ideals.37 Cuthbert would go off alone at night to stand neck - deep in the ocean and , when at daybreak he came out to pray on the beach , two otters would help dry ...
... birds as one might expect from someone influenced by Irish customs and ideals.37 Cuthbert would go off alone at night to stand neck - deep in the ocean and , when at daybreak he came out to pray on the beach , two otters would help dry ...
240. oldal
... birds . I have never found these islands mentioned in the authorities.69 This description is almost certainly of the Faroe Islands . The name Faroe is Old Norse , from færeyjar ( ' islands of sheep ' ) and there can be little doubt that ...
... birds . I have never found these islands mentioned in the authorities.69 This description is almost certainly of the Faroe Islands . The name Faroe is Old Norse , from færeyjar ( ' islands of sheep ' ) and there can be little doubt that ...
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according Adventure Annals of Ulster appears birds boat Book Bran Brendan called Carney Celtic century Christian church clerics Columba common concerning critical death described discussion Dúin earlier early early Irish Echtrae edition elements episode evidence example exile existence given gives History Immram Brain interest Iona Ireland Irish island journey king land later Latin legend literary literature Lives Mael manuscript medieval Meyer monastery monastic monks narrative nature Navigatio Navigatio Brendani ocean original Otherworld pagan Paradise peregrinatio perhaps period pilgrimage poem possible present probably Promise question reach reference regard remain saint Sancti says seems seen Selmer sources St Brendan Stokes story Studies suggest tale tells terra tradition translation Vita voyage women written