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Elissa R.
Henken

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10 publications between 1987 and 2019 indexed

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National redeemer: Owain Glyndŵr in Welsh tradition

Henken, Elissa R., National redeemer: Owain Glyndŵr in Welsh tradition, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996.

The Welsh saints: a study in patterned lives

Henken, Elissa R., The Welsh saints: a study in patterned lives, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1991.

Traditions of the Welsh saints

Henken, Elissa R., Traditions of the Welsh saints, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1987.  

abstract:

The Welsh saints, mainly real men and women of the fifth and sixth centuries, served as folk heroes in a Christianised form. Not simply religious figures confined to a church context, they entered into the popular imagination and became part of the common lore. While hundreds of saints have been recognised in Wales, many are commemorated in very limited ways, and have never become established in traditional lore. This book represents a garnering of the folklore of the Welsh saints for whom narrative material could be located, bringing together and organising the traditions of approximately forty-seven saints. Elissa Henken takes each saint individually and examines the major traditions associated with that saint; she follows this examination with an index, by saint, of all the traditions associated with each saint.

(source: Boydell & Brewer)

abstract:

The Welsh saints, mainly real men and women of the fifth and sixth centuries, served as folk heroes in a Christianised form. Not simply religious figures confined to a church context, they entered into the popular imagination and became part of the common lore. While hundreds of saints have been recognised in Wales, many are commemorated in very limited ways, and have never become established in traditional lore. This book represents a garnering of the folklore of the Welsh saints for whom narrative material could be located, bringing together and organising the traditions of approximately forty-seven saints. Elissa Henken takes each saint individually and examines the major traditions associated with that saint; she follows this examination with an index, by saint, of all the traditions associated with each saint.

(source: Boydell & Brewer)

Contributions to journals

Introduction

Henken, Elissa R., “Introduction”, Arthuriana 10:3 (Fall, 2000): 3–6.

Three forms of a hero: Arthur, Owain Lawgoch, and Owain Glyndŵr

Henken, Elissa R., “Three forms of a hero: Arthur, Owain Lawgoch, and Owain Glyndŵr”, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 15 (1995): 22–31.

Contributions to edited collections or authored works

Folklore and popular tradition

Henken, Elissa R., “Folklore and popular tradition”, in: Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, and Erich Poppe (eds), Arthur in the Celtic languages: the Arthurian legend in Celtic literatures and traditions, 9, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2019. 214–230.

‘Then was spoken the proverb...’: the proverb legend in medieval Celtic literature

Henken, Elissa R., “‘Then was spoken the proverb...’: the proverb legend in medieval Celtic literature”, in: Joseph F. Eska (ed.), Narrative in Celtic tradition: essays in honor of Edgar M. Slotkin, 8, 9, New York: Colgate University Press, 2011. 100–116.

Caradog of Llancarfan

Elissa R. Henken, “Caradog of Llancarfan”, in: John T. Koch (ed.), Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia (2006): 342–343.

Cadoc

Elissa R. Henken, “Cadoc”, in: John T. Koch (ed.), Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia (2006): 314–315.

Welsh hagiography and the nationalist impulse

Henken, Elissa R., “Welsh hagiography and the nationalist impulse”, in: Jane Cartwright (ed.), Celtic hagiography and saints’ cults, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003. 26–44.