Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 A Medieval Scandinavian Context
- 2 The Earliest Anglo-Saxon Evidence
- 3 Female Elves and Beautiful Elves
- 4 Ælfe, Illness and Healing (1): The ‘Elf-Shot’ Conspiracy
- 5 Ælfe, Illness and Healing (2): Ælfsīden
- 6 Anglo-saxon Myth and gender
- 7 Believing in Early-Medieval History
- Appendix 1 The Linguistic History of Elf
- Appendix 2 Two Non-Elves
- Works cited
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 A Medieval Scandinavian Context
- 2 The Earliest Anglo-Saxon Evidence
- 3 Female Elves and Beautiful Elves
- 4 Ælfe, Illness and Healing (1): The ‘Elf-Shot’ Conspiracy
- 5 Ælfe, Illness and Healing (2): Ælfsīden
- 6 Anglo-saxon Myth and gender
- 7 Believing in Early-Medieval History
- Appendix 1 The Linguistic History of Elf
- Appendix 2 Two Non-Elves
- Works cited
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Elves in Anglo-Saxon EnglandMatters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity, pp. viiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2007