Suicide in Old Norse and Finnish Folk Stories
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the folk stories of Norway, Iceland and Finland with a view to discovering accounts of suicide as an escape option from intolerable predicaments, and to compare any such accounts with material from Southern Europe. Method: The Poetic Edda (Norway/Icela...
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crsagepubl:10.3109/10398562.2011.603331 2024-10-06T13:49:55+00:00 Suicide in Old Norse and Finnish Folk Stories Pridmore, Saxby Ahmadi, Jamshid Majeed, Zainab Abd 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2011.603331 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/10398562.2011.603331 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.3109/10398562.2011.603331 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Australasian Psychiatry volume 19, issue 4, page 321-324 ISSN 1039-8562 1440-1665 journal-article 2011 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2011.603331 2024-09-10T04:24:13Z Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the folk stories of Norway, Iceland and Finland with a view to discovering accounts of suicide as an escape option from intolerable predicaments, and to compare any such accounts with material from Southern Europe. Method: The Poetic Edda (Norway/Iceland) and The Kalevala (Finland) were examined for accounts of suicide, and evidence regarding the influence of these texts and individual accounts was collected. Results: The Poetic Edda provided one account and The Kalevala three accounts of suicide performed as a means of escaping intolerable situations. Both the Poetic Edda and The Kalevala are in public awareness and have influenced the politics and culture of their respective regions. The individual suicides have been depicted in literature, music and the visual arts, from the distant past to the present time. Conclusion: Suicide as a means of escape from intolerable predicaments has been public knowledge in these regions for a millennium. This is consistent with findings from Southern Europe and substantiates that intolerable predicaments may lead to suicide. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications Norway Australasian Psychiatry 19 4 321 324 |
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Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the folk stories of Norway, Iceland and Finland with a view to discovering accounts of suicide as an escape option from intolerable predicaments, and to compare any such accounts with material from Southern Europe. Method: The Poetic Edda (Norway/Iceland) and The Kalevala (Finland) were examined for accounts of suicide, and evidence regarding the influence of these texts and individual accounts was collected. Results: The Poetic Edda provided one account and The Kalevala three accounts of suicide performed as a means of escaping intolerable situations. Both the Poetic Edda and The Kalevala are in public awareness and have influenced the politics and culture of their respective regions. The individual suicides have been depicted in literature, music and the visual arts, from the distant past to the present time. Conclusion: Suicide as a means of escape from intolerable predicaments has been public knowledge in these regions for a millennium. This is consistent with findings from Southern Europe and substantiates that intolerable predicaments may lead to suicide. |
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