SIRÈNES ET AUTRES ONDINES : REPRÉSENTATIONS MÉDIÉVALES DES FIGURES AQUATIQUES SCANDINAVES
Without claiming to be exhaustive, this article compares the different aquatic figures of Scandinavian imagination, and the representations relating to Scandinavia, taking into account their cosmic aspect. This paper highlights the close connection of these creatures with time, weather and music, an...
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description | Without claiming to be exhaustive, this article compares the different aquatic figures of Scandinavian imagination, and the representations relating to Scandinavia, taking into account their cosmic aspect. This paper highlights the close connection of these creatures with time, weather and music, and the evolution of the representation of sea creatures that embody geography and climate, real or fantasized. These representations evolve, especially because of the important Christianization process that they undergo. With Christianization, these sea creatures tend towards demonization, and they’re influenced by Occidental representations, especially with those of the sirens of the Nibelungenlied. Scandinavian aquatic figures represent different dangers according to the type of water in which they live: salty, soft or marshy. According to their gender, the marine creatures which embody different risks are put in perspective in a comparative approach that links the Eddas and the stories reported by Xavier Marmier, especially Danish and Swedish. Thanks to the privileged bond these figures, emerging from the Edda, sagas and ballads, maintain with speech and music, their evolutions and their representations survive in the collective imagination related to Scandinavia. |
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spelling | doaj.art-823a5342060c44cf90bce0361085c4db2023-10-30T11:28:16ZdeuCluj University PressStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia1220-04842065-96522023-06-0168285100https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2023.2.05SIRÈNES ET AUTRES ONDINES : REPRÉSENTATIONS MÉDIÉVALES DES FIGURES AQUATIQUES SCANDINAVESElise D’INCA0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6444-065XUniversité Clermont-Auvergne. Email: Elise.D_INCA@doctorant.ucaWithout claiming to be exhaustive, this article compares the different aquatic figures of Scandinavian imagination, and the representations relating to Scandinavia, taking into account their cosmic aspect. This paper highlights the close connection of these creatures with time, weather and music, and the evolution of the representation of sea creatures that embody geography and climate, real or fantasized. These representations evolve, especially because of the important Christianization process that they undergo. With Christianization, these sea creatures tend towards demonization, and they’re influenced by Occidental representations, especially with those of the sirens of the Nibelungenlied. Scandinavian aquatic figures represent different dangers according to the type of water in which they live: salty, soft or marshy. According to their gender, the marine creatures which embody different risks are put in perspective in a comparative approach that links the Eddas and the stories reported by Xavier Marmier, especially Danish and Swedish. Thanks to the privileged bond these figures, emerging from the Edda, sagas and ballads, maintain with speech and music, their evolutions and their representations survive in the collective imagination related to Scandinavia.http://www.studia.ubbcluj.ro/download/pdf/philologia/2023_2/05.pdfmiddle agescandinavian literaturehybrid representationsmermaidimaginary of the sea |
spellingShingle | Elise D’INCA SIRÈNES ET AUTRES ONDINES : REPRÉSENTATIONS MÉDIÉVALES DES FIGURES AQUATIQUES SCANDINAVES Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia middle age scandinavian literature hybrid representations mermaid imaginary of the sea |
title | SIRÈNES ET AUTRES ONDINES : REPRÉSENTATIONS MÉDIÉVALES DES FIGURES AQUATIQUES SCANDINAVES |
title_full | SIRÈNES ET AUTRES ONDINES : REPRÉSENTATIONS MÉDIÉVALES DES FIGURES AQUATIQUES SCANDINAVES |
title_fullStr | SIRÈNES ET AUTRES ONDINES : REPRÉSENTATIONS MÉDIÉVALES DES FIGURES AQUATIQUES SCANDINAVES |
title_full_unstemmed | SIRÈNES ET AUTRES ONDINES : REPRÉSENTATIONS MÉDIÉVALES DES FIGURES AQUATIQUES SCANDINAVES |
title_short | SIRÈNES ET AUTRES ONDINES : REPRÉSENTATIONS MÉDIÉVALES DES FIGURES AQUATIQUES SCANDINAVES |
title_sort | sirenes et autres ondines representations medievales des figures aquatiques scandinaves |
topic | middle age scandinavian literature hybrid representations mermaid imaginary of the sea |
url | http://www.studia.ubbcluj.ro/download/pdf/philologia/2023_2/05.pdf |
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