“it is no man’s business to trouble himself with cooking”. Feasting and food taboo in medieval Iceland
In this paper, I discuss various kinds of feasts in Old Norse-Icelandic literature, such as wedding, funeral, or sacrificial feasts. I discuss feasting, an important part of the culture of medieval Iceland, much more in terms of its functions (political, social, religious) than in terms of its culin...
| Published in: | Studia Europaea Gnesnensia |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Polish |
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Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
2020
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.14746/seg.2018.18.12 https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1065741.pdf https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1065741 |
| Summary: | In this paper, I discuss various kinds of feasts in Old Norse-Icelandic literature, such as wedding, funeral, or sacrificial feasts. I discuss feasting, an important part of the culture of medieval Iceland, much more in terms of its functions (political, social, religious) than in terms of its culinary aspect. In addition, I consider how religious traditions impacted Old Icelandic food culture and how food taboo related to horse-meat consumption (declared just after the conversion of Iceland to Christianity in 1000 CE) affected social interaction. |
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