Marie-Louise Sjoestedt

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Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval (* 1900 ; † 1940 ) was a French Celtologist and linguist .

Her best-known work on the Celtic gods and heroes, which also appeared in English translation, deals with the gods of the continental Celts, the beginnings of mythology in Ireland , heroes and the two main categories of Irish gods.

Works

  • L'aspect verbal et les formations à affixe nasale en celtique , Paris, Champion 1926
  • Description d'un parler irlandais de Kerry , Paris, Champion 1938
  • Dieux et Héros des Celtes , Paris, Leroux 1940 ( Mythes et religions ; 7)
  • Gods and Heroes of the Celts , London, Methuen 1949

literature

  • Georges Dumézil : Marie-Louise Sjoestedt (1900-1940) In memoriam, Paris 1941 [1] (with picture)

Web links

Wikisource: Marie-Louise Sjoestedt  - Sources and full texts (French)
personal data
SURNAME Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sjoestedt-Jonval, Marie-Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Celtologist and linguist
DATE OF BIRTH 1900
DATE OF DEATH 1940