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Old Norse myths, literature and society / edited by Margaret Clunies Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Saga Conference (11th : 2000 : Sydney, N.S.W.)
- Series:
- Viking collection 0108-8408 ; v. 14.
- Viking collection, 0108-8408 ; v. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Old Norse literature--Congresses.
- Old Norse literature.
- Mythology, Norse--Congresses.
- Mythology, Norse.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 312 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Odense] : University Press of Southern Denmark, 2003.
- Contents:
- Archaeological and Historical Perspectives
- Myth and Reality: the Contribution of Archaeology / John Hines 19
- Material Metaphors - some Late Iron Age and Viking Examples / Frands Herschend 40
- Reminiscences of Old Norse Myths, Cults and Rituals in Old Russian Culture and Literature / Elena A. Melnikova 66
- Magic, Death and the Other in Medieval Scandinavia
- Cultures in Contact / John Lindow 89
- Encounters with Volur / John McKinnell 110
- Magic as Acquired Art and the Ethnographic Value of the Sagas / Stephen Mitchell 132
- The Un/Grateful Dead - from Baldr to Baegifotr / Vesteinn Olason 153
- Old Norse-Icelandic Literature as Mythography
- Interpretations of the Roman Pantheon in the Old Norse Hagiographical Sagas / Simonetta Battista 175
- Origin Legends and Foundation Myths in Flateyjarbok / Elizabeth Ashman Rowe 198
- The Role of Voluspa in the Perception of Ragnarok in Old Norse-Icelandic Literature / Stefanie Wurth 217
- The 'Conversion Verses' in Hallfredar saga: Authentic Voice of a Reluctant Christian? / Diana Whaley 234
- Myth and Ritual in Old Norse-Icelandic Traditions
- Myths as Sources for Rituals - Theoretical and Practical Implications / Jens Peter Schjodt 261
- Two Old Icelandic Theories of Ritual / Margaret Clunies Ross 279.
- Notes:
- Essays presented at the Eleventh International Saga Conference at University of Sydney from 2-7 July, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 8778387949
- OCLC:
- 51770791
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