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IMC 2010: Sessions

Session 517: Travelling to the Otherworld in Medieval Indo-European Traditions

Tuesday 13 July 2010, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:Departamento de Filología Clásica e Indoeuropeo, Universidad de Salamanca
Organiser:Carlos Molina Valero, Departamento de Filología Clásica e Indoeuropeo, Universidad de Salamanca
Moderator/Chair:Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Paper 517-aSasanian Journeys to the Other World: Zoroastrian and Non-Zoroastrian Elements
(Language: English)
Miguel Ángel Andrés Toledo, Freie Universität Berlin
Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Pagan Religions
Paper 517-bOtherworld Voyage in Medieval Slavic Culture: Elements of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion in Old Church Slavonic Otherworld Vision Literature
(Language: English)
Enrique Santos Marinas, Facultad de Filología
Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Pagan Religions
Paper 517-cGo to Hell: Indo-European Elements in Old English Descents to the Underworld
(Language: English)
Carlos Molina Valero, Departamento de Filología Clásica e Indoeuropeo, Universidad de Salamanca
Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Pagan Religions
Abstract

This session draws together papers that deal with the journey to the Otherworld in three medieval Indo-European cultural traditions. From East to West, this journey will take us from the Sasanian Empire to Anglo-Saxon England, passing through medieval Slavic culture.