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Poetry and Law in Germanic Myth

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This highly original investigation of Jacob Grimm's theory of the common origin and interrelationship of poetry and law in pre-literary times is based on written evidence from medieval Frisia and Scandinavia of the divine origin of law and its promulgation at sacred springs.

Author(s): Stephen P. Schwartz
Series: University of California Publications. Folklore Studies, 27
Publisher: University of California Press
Year: 1973

Language: English
Pages: X+62

Introduction 1
I. The Coming of Law to the Frisians 6
II. Old Frisian Foseti / Old Norse Forseti 17
III. Óðinn and Týr 26
IV. Gods and Heroes 39
V. Conclusion 50
Notes 53
Bibliography 59