The Earth as Body in Old Norse by John Mckinnell

“… ABSTRACT: This article investigates two of three main ways outlined by Snorri Sturlusson in Gylfaginning in which Old Norse poets might refer to the earth in their poetry: By reference to the myth of the killing of Ymir as well as by reference to the immediate family of the goddess Jǫrð. …”
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Old Norse visions of the afterlife by Carlsen, C

“…Chapters III and IV are concerned with the literary motif of the journey to the otherworld and its importance in Old Norse literary traditions across the period of Christianisation. …”

Digital Research in Old Norse Studies: Challenges, Solutions, and Trends in Digital Old Norse Studies by Balduin Landolt, Eline Elmiger, Madita Knöpfle, Nora Kauffeldt, Sven Kraus

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Reconstructing Old Norse Oral Tradition by Stephen Mitchell

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The Sami People in Old Norse Literature by Hermann Pálsson

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Magical Music in Old Norse Literature by Britt-Mari Näsström

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Old Norse Nicknames: Origins and Terminology by Paul R. Peterson

“…The quantity of nicknames in Old Norse literature is large, and recurring nicknames provide a tool for understanding narrative transmission, cultural history, and etymology. …”
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The Old Norse goði and his ring by Olof Sundqvist

“… The Old Norse goði and his ring …”
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Ritual and Hierarchy in Old Norse Mythology by John Lindow

“… ABSTRACT: Within Old Norse mythological narratives, the presence or absence of ritual establishes hierarchy. …”
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The role of the storyteller in old Norse literature by McMahon, B

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Werewolves in old Norse-Icelandic literature by Su, M

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Half-Remembering and Half-Forgetting? On Turning the Past of Old Norse Studies into a Future of Old Norse Studies by Jan Alexander van Nahl

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Old Norse Studies and Collective Memory: An Introduction by Simon Nygaard, Yoav Tirosh

“…This introduction serves to contextualize the study of collective memory within the field of Old Norse as well as introduce some of the key theoretical concepts discussed in the issue. …”
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Revenants in Old Norse literature as embodied memory by Marie Novotná

Subjects: “…old norse sagas…”
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The Prosimetrum of Old Norse Historiography – Looking for Parallels by Jonas Wellendorf

“…Section three looks beyond the Old Norse materials and considers possible parallels to the Old Norse prosimetrum in the Medieval Latin and Arabic traditions. …”
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Women's voices in Old Norse-Icelandic poetry by Hurd, JA

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Reassessing pseudo-procreation in Old Norse literature by Olley, K

“…The article reassesses Margaret Clunies Ross’s highly influential argument for a pseudo-procreative ideology inherent in Old Norse creation myths, which valorised male spiritual and cultural creative endeavours as superior to the ordinary processes of physiological female reproduction. …”

Valhall and Helgafell: syncretistic traits of the Old Norse religion by Odd Nordland

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Fragments of the past: how to study old Norse religion by Britt-Mari Näsström

“…The state of the sources of the Old Norse religions presents a great problem. Most of them were written down two hundred or even three hundred years after the Christianization of the North, based on an oral tradition going back to the pre-Christian ages. …”
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Christian Carlsen: Visions of the Afterlife in Old Norse Literature by Siân Grønlie

“…In this book, Carlsen takes a look at some of the narratives generated by these core Christian beliefs: visions of the afterlife in Old Norse literature.…”
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