The Grave Mound of a Saga Hero

The Grave Mound of a Saga Hero

ABSTRACT: The article presents a case study within the recent renaissance of folkloristic approaches to Old Norse-Icelandic religious history and saga literature. It undertakes a comparative analysis of medieval literary and recent local traditions about the burial of Ǫnundr Wooden-Foot, who was th...

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Main Author: Matthias Egeler
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift 2022-03-01
Series:Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift
Subjects:
Saga topography
Kaldbaksdalur
Ǫnundr tréfótr
narrative distance
local traditions
comparative analysis
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/rvt/article/view/132135

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