Models of ritual in Old English and early Irish heroic tales
Since humans engage in ritual activity in everyday life, we should expect that rituals are portrayed in literature. Thus I examine the question of whether rituals portrayed in heroic epics are realistic reflections of rituals from--in this case--Old English and Old Irish society, or idealized ritual...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1993
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9329675 |