@inbook{bc962e34c58749beab064f0e39b33a04,
title = "Cross-legged Gods and One-legged Foresters",
abstract = "The present article is a re-evaluation of a marvellous element in a medieval Welsh romance, Chwedl Iarlles y Ffynnawn {\textquoteleft}Tale of the Lady of the Fountain{\textquoteright}, also known as Owein. One of the characters encountered by the hero is a one-eyed one-legged dark giant forester who appears to have a particular power over animals. Previous interpretations of this character and episode have sought explanations and parallels in re-constructed Celtic mythology and the Celtic {\textquoteleft}Otherworld{\textquoteright}. The objective of the present article is to demonstrate that the element in question belongs to the pan-European medieval tradition of the marvelous rather than, as has previously been suggested, to an exclusively Celtic tradition.",
keywords = "Medieval Literature, Medieval Welsh Literature, Celtic Studies",
author = "N.I. Petrovskaia",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1484/M.CSM-EB.5.110972",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-2-503-55515-7",
series = "Culture et soci{\'e}t{\'e} m{\'e}di{\'e}vales",
publisher = "Brepols",
pages = "357--369",
editor = "Consolino, {Franca Ela} and Francesco Marzella and Lucilla Spetia",
booktitle = "Aspetti del meraviglioso nelle letterature medievali. Aspects du merveilleux dans les litt{\'e}ratures m{\'e}di{\'e}vales",
address = "Belgium",
}