Journal article
The Igil and Exeter Book Riddle 15
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Riddle 15 is one of the longest and most elaborate animal-riddles in the tenth-century Exeter Book of Old English poetry. The debate over which animal appears in this compelling tale of a family’s flight and the mother’s final stand against their canine attacker has not yet been put to rest. In a recent, comprehensive analysis of this riddle, Dieter Bitterli comes to the conclusion that the creature in question is a porcupine. However, given the fox’s rivalry with dogs and wolves, this anim...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Notes and Queries Journal website
- Volume:
- 64
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 206–210
- Publication date:
- 2017-04-17
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-11-09
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-6941
- ISSN:
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0029-3970
- Source identifiers:
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663115
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- pubs:663115
- Deposit date:
- 2016-12-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Cavell, M
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjx003
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