Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia

Michael D.J. Bintley, Thomas J.T. Williams

Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape itself.

Between Myth and Reality: Hunter and Prey in Early Anglo-Saxon Art - Noël Adams'(Swinger of) the Serpent of Wounds': Swords and Snakes in the Viking Mind - Sue BrunningWreoþenhilt ond wyrmfah: Confronting Serpents in Beowulf and Beyond - Victoria SymonsThe Ravens on the Lejre Throne: Avian Identifiers, Odin at Home, Farm Ravens - Marijane OsbornBeowulf's Blithe-Hearted Raven - Eric LaceyDo Anglo-Saxons Dream of Exotic Sheep? - László Sándor ChardonnensYou Sexy Beast: The Pig in a Villa in Vandalic North Africa and Boar-Cults in Old Germanic Heathendom - Richard North'For the Sake of Bravado in the Wilderness': Confronting the Bestial in Anglo-Saxon Warfare - Thomas J.T. WilliamsWhere the Wild Things Are in Old English Poetry - Michael D.J. BintleyEntomological Etymologies: Creepy-Crawlies in English Place-Names - John BakerBeasts, Birds and Other Creatures in Pre-Conquest Charters and Place-Names in England - Della Hooke