Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Francis P. Magoun, Jr. "The Theme of the Beasts of Battle in Anglo-Saxon Poetry." Neophilologische Mitteilungen, 56:81-90.

Along with Greenfield 1955, the opening statement on the theme in OE scholarship. Identifies a pervasive scene in OE poetry_"the mention of the wolf, eagle, and/or raven as beasts attendant on a scene of carnage" (83), isolates its twelve occurrences in the poetic corpus, and studies the morphology of the multiform. Compare Bonjour 1957a.
Area: OE