{"product_id":"quest-for-the-mead-of-poetry-menstrual-symbolism-in-icelandic-folk-and-fairy-tales-paperback","title":"Quest for the Mead of Poetry: Menstrual Symbolism in Icelandic Folk and Fairy Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHallfridur J. Ragnheidardottir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuest for the Mead of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a translation and interpretation of seven Icelandic tales. In search for the \u003cbr\u003e meaning of a dream in which she was given a silver necklace by a poet, the author happened upon \u003cbr\u003e the key to hidden layers of her ancestral heritage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That key was Brísingamen, a legendary necklace that belonged to Freyja, goddess of love and \u003cbr\u003e fertility. Freyja's necklace, she discovered, conceals in its name the union of the Sun and the Moon as \u003cbr\u003e seen in an eclipse, her red embers bleeding from under his coal black disk in a flaming necklace. It \u003cbr\u003e was a revelation that led her to understand that the tabooed menstrual flow of her ancestresses found \u003cbr\u003e expression in symbolic language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHallfridur J. Ragnheidardottir\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and a dreamworker with M.A. in Icelandic \u003cbr\u003eliterature. In her master's thesis she explored her mythological heritage through the lens of Jungian \u003cbr\u003epsychology. It was the beginning of an adventurous journey in search of her own music. In this book, \u003cbr\u003eshe gives voice to her passion for myth, dreams, tarot and poetry. From 1970 her life has been \u003cbr\u003edivided between New York and Reykjavik, where she and her husband have now settled. Their son, \u003cbr\u003edaughter-in-law and two grandsons live in New York, keeping alive the connection between the two \u003cbr\u003ecities.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47514439844018,"sku":"9781630513696","price":40.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/91qWD1xWAk9781630513696.webp?v=1779736168","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/quest-for-the-mead-of-poetry-menstrual-symbolism-in-icelandic-folk-and-fairy-tales-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}