La espada, el árbol y el rey.  Ritual y mitología germánica en España

Víctor BAÑUELOS AQUINO

doi:10.32112/2174.2464.2021.395

The Sword, the Tree and the King. Ritual and Germanic Mythology in Spain

Authors

Víctor BAÑUELOS AQUINO University of Guadalajara https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0630-0536

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32112/2174.2464.2021.395

Keywords:

German mythology, comparative mythology, religious folklore, history of religions, sovereignity rituals

Abstract

This essay is a comparative exercise between various traditions about the tree, as a symbol of sovereignty, and especially the parallelism between myths and rituals of taking power by the Germans and some inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula. For this analysis, we will start from the episode of Sigmundr and the sword, which is described in the Saga of the Volsungos, where the hero is clothed in glory by being able to draw a sword from a sacred tree touched by the god Odin, a ritual that is represents in this literary passage and that is inspired by a religious practice from various areas of Europe. This work will be carried out from a methodological proposal inspired by the history of religions and the theory of popular literature, to show a parallel between a tradition of Germanic mythology and another of the Iberian culture.

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Author Biography

Víctor BAÑUELOS AQUINO, University of Guadalajara

Licenciado en Letras Hispánicas por la Universidad de Guadalajara y Maestro en Historia (Estudios históricos interdisciplinarios) por la Universidad de Guanajuato y doctorante en Historia Iberoamericana de la Universidad de Guadalajara. Sus líneas de investigación se enfocan principalmente en la mitología comparada, la historia de las religiones y el folclor religioso. Ha participado como becario en estancias académicas con las/os especialistas Claudia Carranza Vera (Colegio de San Luis A.C.), Gabriel Gómez López (Universidad de Guadalajara) y José Manuel Pedrosa (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares). También ha participado en diversos coloquios y publicaciones; en México, con el Archivo General de la Nación, el Archivo Histórico de Guanajuato, la Universidad de Guanajuato, la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, el Colegio de San Luis y el Colegio de Michoacán. En España, con la Universidad de Jaén, la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares y el Archivo Histórico Provincial de Guadalajara.

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Published

2021-05-30

How to Cite

BAÑUELOS AQUINO, V. (2021). The Sword, the Tree and the King. Ritual and Germanic Mythology in Spain. Impossibilia. Revista Internacional De Estudios Literarios, (21), 63–86. https://doi.org/10.32112/2174.2464.2021.395

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No. 21 (2021): Northern Winds: The Nordic and the Hispanic in Dialogue

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Monographic

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