The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt: A motif in Scandanavian folk art

På svenska

Author

  • Nils-Arvid Bringéus

Summary, in English

Although there is no biblical account of the 'Rest on the Flight into Egypt', the story is well known in the Christian world. In pseudo-Matthew the story has developed into legend form. He tells about the Christ-Child commanding the date palm Mary is resting beneath to bend down so that she can eat the fruit. It is found in literary sources from the twelfth century onwards. 'The Rest on the Flight into Egypt' had become an independent pictorial theme by the fourteenth century and it was mainly by means of pictures that it became part of our cultural heritage. This paper traces the introduction of the motif into Scandinavia and its pictorial dissemination through various media, including printing, chest-prints and wall-hangings.

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

323-333

Publication/Series

Folklore

Volume

114

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Ethnology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0015-587X