HEROISM AND COMIC THINGS IN THE ESCHATOLOGY OF ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN MYTHS
The article gives the analysis of the person’s attitude to death as an important item of ancient Scandinavian culture. The author analyzes two ways of escaping the fear of coming death on the example of mythological songs from “Elder Edda”. The fi rst way is laughing at fear in comic songs, the second is glorifying the moment of death in the heroic legends.
Keywords: eschatology, Elder Edda, fatalistic, mythology, heroism
Issue: 6, 2012
Pages: 27 — 30
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