Fostering the Cuckoo: Exeter Book Riddle 9
Fostering the Cuckoo: Exeter Book Riddle 9
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培育杜鹃：埃克塞特书之谜 9
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10.1093/res/hgl154
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2007
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Neville J
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作者：
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人们通常认为谜语一旦找到答案就结束了，但是埃克塞特的《谜语9》，虽然表面上很简单，只有12行，但它提供的不仅仅是对布谷鸟的伪装描述。拟人化作为鸟的伪装，揭示了社会评论的做法，培养，这可能会投光在英雄的童年贝奥武甫。此外，虽然埃克塞特的书谜并不需要精神或说教的阅读，谜语9可能支持一个寓言的解释：布谷鸟为魔鬼，母亲鸟的灵魂，巢的心，和布谷鸟蛋的罪恶思想。解释自然历史寓言有明确的先例，无论是内部和外部的埃克塞特书，并继续解释过程过去的初步答案的想法可以被看作是既根据盎格鲁-拉丁传统的谜，并发挥重要作用，在目前的理解如尼文之谜的埃克塞特书。因此，本文认为，“解决”谜语9只是解释的起点，这篇文章需要一个不同的理解谜语体裁本身。
Riddlesare generally thought to end once a solution has been found, butExeter BookRiddle 9, although apparently straightforward and only twelve lines long, has more to offer than a disguised description of a cuckoo. The anthropomorphism that serves as the bird's disguise reveals social commentary regarding the practice of fostering, which may cast light on the hero's childhood inBeowulf. In addition, although theExeter Bookriddles do not demand spiritual or didactic readings, Riddle 9 may support an allegorical interpretation: cuckoo for devil, mother-bird for soul, nest for heart, and cuckoo-egg for sinful thought. Interpreting natural history allegorically has clear precedents, both within and without theExeter Book, and the idea of continuing the interpretive process past an initial answer can be seen both to underlie the enigmata of the Anglo-Latin tradition and to play an important role in current understanding of the runic riddles of theExeter Book. This essay thus argues that ‘solving’ Riddle 9 is only the starting point for interpretation; more than a solution, this text requires a different understanding of the riddle-genre itself.