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 |
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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-a | Sasanian Journeys to the Other World: Zoroastrian and Non-Zoroastrian Elements (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Other, Pagan Religions |
Paper 517-b | Otherworld Voyage in Medieval Slavic Culture: Elements of Slavic Pre-Christian Religion in Old Church Slavonic Otherworld Vision Literature (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Slavic, Pagan Religions |
Paper 517-c | Go to Hell: Indo-European Elements in Old English Descents to the Underworld (Language: English) 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. |