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Old Norse Mythology
An innovative and accessible overview of how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories.
Old Norse Mythology provides a unique survey of the mythology of Scandinavia: the gods Þórr (Thor) with his hammer, the wily and duplicitous Óðinn (Odin), the sly Loki, and other fascinating figures. They create the world, battle their enemies, and die at the end of the…
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Norse myth in English poetry
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Die deutsche Heldensage
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around…
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Odin und Sein Reich
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Guder og helte i NordenBæksted, Anders
Guder og helte i Norden
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Reflections on Old Norse myths
When seeking to understand the function of mythology in the pagan past and in medieval Iceland scholars are confronted with the problem of how sources from the Middle Ages can properly be used. The articles in this volume demonstrate diverse angles from which Old Norse mythological texts can be viewed. Many discuss methodological problems in dealing with the texts and draw on expertise from…
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Evergreen Ash
Norse mythology is obsessed with the idea of an onrushing and unstoppable apocalypse: Ragnarok, when the whole of creation will perish in fire, smoke, and darkness and the earth will no longer support the life it once nurtured. Most of the Old Norse texts that preserve the myths of Ragnarok originated in Iceland, a nation whose volcanic activity places it perpetually on the brink of a…
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Die Wirkliche Mittelerde
Tolkien hat nie ein Geheimnis daraus gemacht, dass in seinem Werk Motive der altgermanischen oder altnordischen Mythologie nachklingen. Denn Mittelerde gab es als mythologischen Ort schon vor anderthalbtausend Jahren im Norden Europas bei den Germanen und Kelten. Ausgehend von Tolkiens Mittelerde sucht der Germanist Arnulf Krause nun nach dessen Vorbildern im frühen Mittelalter und findet bei den…
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Helge-digtene i den Ældre Edda
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Prolonged echoes
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Vafþrúðnismál
"Probably composed at the height of the Viking Age, Vafrunismal recounts how one day the mysterious and powerful god Ooinn visits the hall of an ancient giant named Vafprunismal. There, with their heads wagered over the outcome, the two engage in a wisdom contest about how the world was created, who inhabits it, and what will come of it when the gods and giants battle one last time at the…
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Cold counsel
Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure and ideology in medieval Iceland.
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