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Record Number:
11980
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Wolf , Kirsten.
Contributor(s):
Title:
The Severed Breast: A Topos in the Legends of Female Virgin Martyr Saints [argues that the severing of virgins' breasts is a way of turning the corporeal into the spiritual, so that the virgins can have a spiritual union with God; the study relies primarily on Old Norse-Icelandic Saints' lives].
Source:
Arkiv för nordisk filologi 112, ( 1997): Pages 97 - 112.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Breasts
Hagiography
Martyrs
Violence
Virginity
Women in Religion
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Scandinavia
Century:
12-13
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Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1997.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
00667668