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29 janvier 2021
- handle: 10670/1.4fwowc
- isbn: 9781783748273
- eisbn: 9791036560804
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Old English Old English heroic poem Beowulf Old Norse god Ing/Yngvi-Freyr Classics Literature LIT000000 DSSujets proches
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Edward Pettit, « 4. The Giant Sword and the Cross », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.4fwowc
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We have seen that the melting giant sword of Beowulf may well subtly suggest a melting candle, perhaps even the Paschal Candle. In this chapter I argue that the poet’s symbolism also intimates an even more important image of Christianity and of Easter: the Cross of Christ. For not only are swords cross-shaped, but plenty of evidence survives from Anglo-Saxon England and early medieval Scandinavia to indicate a close connection between swords, their hilts and the Cross. There is even a possibi...