Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity - ISBN:1843835096

Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity

Date: 21 April 2011, 12:48

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I actually first read this book (unbeknown to its author) in its earlier form as an academic dissertation for Hall's PhD at the University of Glasgow. It traces -- quite thoroughly the history of the concept of the elf through the Old English (as ?lfe) and Old Norse (as alfar) traditions. I enjoyed it very much and put the book you are now considering on my wish-list straight away.
Given the scope implicit in the title, Hall omits parallel study of elves in other, related Germanic literary traditions (not to mention Celtic), only touching on them in a brief appendix on Germanic cognates (purely linguistic in scope). For a glimpse of these other traditions, see Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie, Chapter XVII. But his coverage of OE / ON elves is wonderful. Hall wisely includes onomastics in his study (how many casual readers would otherwise realize that names like "Alfred" included a reference to elves?). He also examines medieval medical texts (addressing the famous or infamous matter of "elf-shot"). And of course, he ranges all over the literary record of these curious and semi-legendary beings.

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