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Philological Quarterly;Winter/Spring99, Vol. 78 Issue 1/2, p171
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Academic Journal
ABSTRACT
Discusses an Anglo-Saxon origin myth constructed out of a selective purveying of Continental and Roman story. Defiance of literary analysis by the poem 'Widsith'; Knowledge the Anglo-Saxons possessed concerning ancient peoples and kings; Benefit of anthropological approaches to medieval literature; Examination of a document or artifact from the Anglo-Saxon period.
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