Grendel’s Mother in the context of the myth of the Woman in the Water
This thesis proposes that the character of Grendel’s mother in Beowulf is a manifestation of a mythic type, derived from studies of European goddess figures and named here as the Woman in the Water. This myth takes the form of an inherent association between femininity and water, and connotes the bi...
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University of Birmingham
2011
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.535637 |