Northern Myths and Legends
Final Exam Study Sheet: terms, texts, topics & themes
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The Volsunga Saga Lay of the Nibelungs Germanic epic elements Medieval courtly elements Minstrels and courtly verse Historical elements Burgundians and Huns Adventures: The "courting" of Brunhilde Gunther’s wedding night The Quarrel of the Queens The Death of Siegfried The Death of Rüdiger Deaths of Gunther & Hagen The Death of Kriemhild |
Characters: Siegfried Gunther, Gernot and Giselher Hagen von Tronje Kriemhild and Brunhild Volker "the Minstrel" King Etzel Rüdiger Dietrich of Verona Hildebrand Important Themes: Revenge and Honor Images of the Knight Duty and Obligation Gifts and Alliances Pageantry and Celebration Treachery and Murder Epic Tragedy Love Gold (the Nibelungen hoard) The Cursed Ring Doctor Faustus |
Richard Wagner die Walküre Siegfried die Götterdämmerung das Gesamtkunstwerk Leitmotif Fairy Tales Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm Kinder- und Hausmärchen Grimms’ other Scholarly Works Romanticism German Nationalism German Cultural Identity & Unity Fairy tales and folk tales Oral tales and written literature Aarne-Thompson Classifications 'The Frog King’ ‘Boy who left to find fear...’ ‘Little Red Cap’ ‘Rapunzel’ ‘The Maiden Without Hands’ ‘Brier Rose’ ‘Snow White’ 'Little Farmer' ‘The Juniper Tree’ ‘The Three Spinners’ ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ ‘The Bremen Town Musicians’ 'King Thrushbeard' 'Fitzer's Bird' and 'Bluebeard' Important Themes: Childhood oppression complex Neglect, abuse and abandonment Sexual Jealousy Oedipus and Electra complex Family Romance fantasy Work, Diligence and Obedience Female Virtues – desirability Male Virtues – luck and wealth Stupidity and Laziness (Step)mothers and Stepsisters Children’s Literature Walt Disney Snow White, 1937. Adaptations of Fairy Tales. Folkeeventyr Asbjörnsen and Moe 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' Fantasy Literature |