The Ring of Dancers: Images of Faroese Culture

212 Pages·1981·11.837 MB·English

by  Jonathan Wylie, David Margolin

THE
RING
OF
DANCERS
SYMBOL AND CULTURE
A series edited by
J. Christopher Crocker, Peter Metcalf,
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo, Renato Rosaldo, and
J. David Sapir
Jonathan Wylie and David Margolin
THE
RING
OF
DANCERS
Images of Faroese Culture
Foreword by Einar Haugen
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS 1981
PHILADELPHIA
Copyright © 1981 by Jonathan Wylie and David Margolin
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Wylie, Jonathan.
The ring of dancers.
(Symbol and culture)
Bibliography: p. 169
Includes index.
1. Faroe Islands—Civilization. 2. Faroese dialect.
3. Folk-lore—Faroe Islands. I. Margolin, David,
joint author. II. Title. III. Series.
DL271 .F24W94 949. Γ5 80-50690
ISBN 0-8122-7783-X
Glymur dansur ί h0ll,
Dans släiö ί ring,
Glaöir riöa Noregsmenn
Til hildarting.
The dance resounds in the noble hall,
Form the dance in a ring,
Happy ride the men of Norway
To battle.
—traditional refrain

FOR ALBERT LORD,
with appreciation