Scyld and Scef
Subtitle: expanding the analogues
By: Alexander M. Bruce ; with a foreword by Paul E. Szarmach.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Beowulf.; Mythology, Norse, in literature.; Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism.; Scyld (Legendary character); Kings and rulers in literature.; Sceaf (Legendary character); Folklore in literature.
Other titles: Scyld & Scef
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-205) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part I: Commentary; title: CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION: WHY SCYLD AND SCEF?; title: CHAPTER 2. SCYLD AND SCEF IN ANGLO-SAXON POETRY; title: CHAPTER 3. SCYLD AND SCEF IN ENGLISH GENEALOGIES OF THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD; title: CHAPTER 4. SCYLD AND SCEF IN ENGLISH RECORDS OF THE TWELFTH THROUGH FIFTEENTH CENTURIES; title: CHAPTER 5. SCYLD AND SCEF IN ICELANDIC SOURCES: SCYLD, SON OF ODIN; title: CHAPTER 6. SCYLD AND SCEF IN DANISH SOURCES: SCYLD, DESCENDANT OF DAN; title: CHAPTER 7. CONCLUSION; title: Part II: Texts and Translations; title: CONTENTS OF PART II.