The refutation of the canonical structure of the type-scene in old high German heroic epic

Abstract

The paper dwells upon evolution of the motif of marriage to an Otherworld dweller in Early Modern Irish genealogical texts. Regarding diachronic evolution of the motif of marriage to a Tuatha De Danann in the context of Irish social history, the author, firstly, demonstrates its Old Irish roots and prerequisites and, secondly, shows how arrival to Ireland of Anglo-Norman elite led to the “reincarnation” of this motif. Appropriation of mythological genealogies by Anglo-Norman nobles in Late Middle Ages, “secondary” inclusion of the modified motif into the native Irish tradition and its later transformations, blending and remnants are dwelled upon