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Record Number:
1088
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Heusler , Andreas
Contributor(s):
Peter, Nelson, trans.
Title:
The Story of the Völsi, an Old Norse Anecdote of Conversion [The author discusses a poem included in a Norse compilation, in which a woman worships the disembodied penis of a horse and eventually converts to Christianity. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Sex in the Middle Ages: A Book of Essays. Edited by Joyce E. Salisbury. Garland Publishing, 1991. Pages 187 - 200.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Conversion, Religious in Literature
Flateyjarbók, Scandinavian Compilation
Folk Studies
Literature - Verse
Paganism
Phallus, Image of
Sexuality in Literature
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Scandinavia
Century:
12-13
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Year of Publication:
1991.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
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