Download or read book Shamanism and Old English Poetry written by Stephen O. Glosecki and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1989 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales on two monumental labors: to define shamanism and to show that it underlies some Anglo-Saxon poetry. Applying anthropological studies of tribal peoples in modern times to intensive examinations of Beowulf, metrical charms, and decorative art, Glasecki finds not living shamanism, but embedded t