Tracing the source of the Sparrow-Hawk Castle legend from John Mandeville's Travels
The plot of the Sparrow Hawk Castle, the fairy and the cursed Armenian king was first used by John Mandeville in his Travels, which became a source for Johann Schiltberger's The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger: a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427, Jean of Arra...
| Published in: | Имагология и компаративистика № 24. С. 7-18 |
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The plot of the Sparrow Hawk Castle, the fairy and the cursed Armenian king was first used by John Mandeville in his Travels, which became a source for Johann Schiltberger's The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger: a Native of Bavaria, in Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1396-1427, Jean of Arras's chivalric novel Mélusine, and Couldrette's The Romans of Partenay, Or of Lusignen: Otherwise Known as the Tale of Melusine. This article aims to identify the historical location of the castle-fortress and to uncover the source of its legend. |
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| ISSN: | 2409-9554 |