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<blockquote data-quote="tarchon" data-source="post: 1831530" data-attributes="member: 5990"><p>It's not just a proposition (or another hand) - Sturluson wrote at the very end of the Skaldic tradition, and his vision of Norse mythology is deeply influenced by Christian and Classical traditions. Almost everyone accepts that. Sturluslon however didn't really have very much influence on Skaldic works, coming at the end of the period as he did. His influence was more on later perceptions and derivations of the Norse mythological tradition (after it had ceased to be a living religious tradition), and his clear intention was to provide an interpretive and stylistic guide to a tradition that was rapidly transforming with the spread of Christian/Romance culture. There are much earlier sagas though that lack the deep Christian influences found in Sturluson (12thC-13th), and so provide a less altered, if patchy, picture of pre-Christian Norse beliefs.</p><p>Norse mythology also continued to evolve into the types of romances that were popular in Germany and the rest of Europe, in much the same way as it did in various localities. The Volsungasaga (13thC) is fairly typical of this, and it obviously has many parallels to the Nibelungenlied (12-13thC), both in content and the blending of the Medieval Romance aesthetic with "Germanic" mythology. One interesting question is whether the parallels in the two are from direct influence or if they used independent local traditions, though it's most likely that both factors are responsible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tarchon, post: 1831530, member: 5990"] It's not just a proposition (or another hand) - Sturluson wrote at the very end of the Skaldic tradition, and his vision of Norse mythology is deeply influenced by Christian and Classical traditions. Almost everyone accepts that. Sturluslon however didn't really have very much influence on Skaldic works, coming at the end of the period as he did. His influence was more on later perceptions and derivations of the Norse mythological tradition (after it had ceased to be a living religious tradition), and his clear intention was to provide an interpretive and stylistic guide to a tradition that was rapidly transforming with the spread of Christian/Romance culture. There are much earlier sagas though that lack the deep Christian influences found in Sturluson (12thC-13th), and so provide a less altered, if patchy, picture of pre-Christian Norse beliefs. Norse mythology also continued to evolve into the types of romances that were popular in Germany and the rest of Europe, in much the same way as it did in various localities. The Volsungasaga (13thC) is fairly typical of this, and it obviously has many parallels to the Nibelungenlied (12-13thC), both in content and the blending of the Medieval Romance aesthetic with "Germanic" mythology. One interesting question is whether the parallels in the two are from direct influence or if they used independent local traditions, though it's most likely that both factors are responsible. [/QUOTE]
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