History and Heroic Tale : [Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium organized by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages held at Odense University on 21-22 Novembre, 1983

The Homeric Oral Tradition And The Development Of A Greek Cultural Identity / By Geoffrey S. Kirk -- Die Schwanenrittersage Als Ursprungsmythos Mittelalterlicher Fürstengeschlechter / Von Herbert Kolb -- Irish Origin Legends And Genealogy / By Donnchadh Ó Corráin -- Some Functions Of Origin Stories In Early Medieval Wales / By P.p. Sims-williams -- The Prověst' Vremennyx Lět And The Question Of Truth / By Omeljan Pritsak -- Jean D'outremeuse, Les Origines Légendaires Et Le Passé Carolingien De La Patrie Liégeoise / Par Madeleine Tyssens -- Starkad In Saxo's Gesta Danorum / By Inge Skovgaard-petersen -- History And Heroic Tale / By Gerd Wolfgang Weber. [edited By T. Nyberg ... Et Al.]. English, French, And German. Proceedings Of The Eighth International Symposium Organized By The Centre For The Study Of Vernacular Literature In The Middle Ages, Held At Odense University On 21-22 November 1983--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographies. Preface 7 The Homeric Oral Tradition and the Development of a Greek Cultural Identity: Typical and Special Factors / GEOFFREY S. KIRK 9 Die Schwanenrittersage als Ursprungsmythos mittelalterlicher Fürstengeschlechter / HERBERT KOLB 23 Irish Origin Legends and Genealogy: Recurrent Aetiologies / DONNCHADH Ó CORRÁIN 31 Some Functions of Origin Stories in Early Medieval Wales / P. P. SIMS-WILLIAMS 97 The "Pověst' vremennyx lět" and the Question of Truth / OMELJAN PRITSAK 133 Jean d'Outremeuse, les origines légendaires et le passé carolingien de la patrie liégeoise. Modalité d'une reconstruction du passé / MADELEINE TYSSENS 173 Starkad in Saxo's Gesta Danorum / INGE SKOVGAARD-PETERSEN 207 History and Heroic Tale: the Authority of the Poet. Some synthesizing abstractions / GERD WOLFGANG WEBER 223 Members and Associate Members of the Symposium 239