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The Völsung Ballads from the Faroe Islands in English Translation.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leslie-Jacobsen, Helen F.
- Series:
- ARC - Foundations
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Arc Humanities Press, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Presents a collection of the Faroese ballads about the Völsung hero Sigurðr fáfnisbani, the pre-eminent dragon-slaying hero of the Germanic Middle Ages, in English translation and with an in-depth introduction.
- Contents:
- COVER
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Helen F. Leslie-Jacobsen - Ballads on the Faroe Islands
- Characteristics of the Faroese Ballads
- The Medieval Origins of Faroese Ballads
- Faroese Ballads in the Early Modern Period Onwards
- Faroese Ballads Today
- The Legend of Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer
- Manuscripts of the Ballads
- Scholarly Work on the Ballads
- About the Translations in this Book
- THE BALLADS
- Regin the Smith (Regin smiður)
- The Ballad of Brynhild (Brynhildar táttur)
- The Ballad of Høgni (Høgna táttur)
- The Second Ballad of Høgni or The Ballad of Aldrias (Annar Høgna táttur or Aldrias táttur)
- The Ballad of Gestur or The Ballad of Ásla (Gests ríma or Áslu ríma)
- The Ballad of Nornagestur (Nornagests ríma)
- Ísmal the Brave Hero (Ísmal fræga kempa)
- Sjúrður and the Dwarf Maiden or Dwarf Maiden I (Sjúrður og Dvørgamoy or Dvørgamoy I)
- The Beautiful Dwarf Maiden or Dwarf Maiden II (Dvørgamoyggin fagra or Dvørgamoy II)
- Ása the Dwarf Maiden or Dwarf Maiden III (Ása Dvørgamoy or Dvørgamoy III)
- The Ballad of Kvørfinn or Dwarf Maiden V (Kvørfinns táttur or Dvørgamoy V)
- The Giant of Hólmgarðar or The Mound Ghost (Risin í Hólmgørðum or Dysjadólgur)
- The Giant of Leittraberg (Risin av Leittrabergi)
- Helen F. Leslie-Jacobsen - Summaries of the Ballads
- Sjúrður and the Dwarf Maiden or Dwarf Maiden I (Sjúrður og Dvørgamoy or Dvørgamoy I).
- The Beautiful Dwarf Maiden or Dwarf Maiden II (Dvørgamoyggin fagra or Dvørgamoy II)
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-80270-330-6
- OCLC:
- 1513235052
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