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Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Myth and Snorra Edda
Seminar questions about the role of myth and mythology in Snorra Edda.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Introduction and Overview
Seminar questions for the first part of a course on Snorra Edda
Skwirk Online Education - Vikings
An online education site with chapters about the Vikings
Shortcut for hooked-o and long hooked-o
A handy shortcut for the characters hooked-o and long hooked-o, produced by Joanne Shortt Butler. The characters can be cut and pasted into Word docs.
Recordings of Old Norse texts by Óskar Guðlaugsson (hyperlinks)
Recordings of the following can be accessed on this page: Vellekla Ragnarsdrápa Krákumál Egill Skallagrímsson Other texts are read as part of the lessons. Access here
Reading list for essay question on Thomas Gray's Norse sources
Essay Question: How does Thomas Gray adapt his sources (Baldrs draumar and Darraðarljóð) in ‘The Descent of Odin’ and ‘The Fatal Sisters’?
Reading list for essay question on the role of poetry in the skáldasögur
Essay Question: Why do the authors of the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga) incorporate poetry in their sagas?
Reading list for essay question on the legend of the Vǫlsungar and its sources
Essay Question: What are the major differences between the telling of the legend of the Vǫlsungar in eddic poetry and that in Vǫlsunga saga?
Reading list for essay question on the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur
Essay Question: How is the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar saga, and Kormáks saga)?
Reading list for essay question on the figure of the hero in Ǫrvar-Odds saga
Essay Question: How is the figure of the hero presented in Ǫrvar-Odds saga?
Reading list for essay question on Norse mythological material in Beowulf
Essay Title: ‘The incorporation of Norse mythological material in Beowulf is nothing more than a random assortment of half-remembered stories.’ Discuss.
Reading list for essay question on mythological stories in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa
Essay Question: How are mythological stories depicted in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa?
Reading list for essay question on Joanne Harris and Norse sources
Essay Question: What motivates Joanne Harris’s employment of Norse mythology in Runemarks, Runelight, and The Gospel of Loki?
Reading list for essay question on J. R. R. Tolkien and Norse sources
Essay Question: Which aspects of Norse mythology are borrowed and adapted by J. R. R. Tolkien in the construction of Middle-earth?
Reading list for essay question on eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson
Essay Title: ‘The primary value of eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson’s Edda is located not in their aesthetic accomplishments but in their status as mythological sources.’ Discuss.
Reading list for essay question on Eddic poetry and Odinic wisdom dialogue
Essay Title: ‘There is ample evidence in the eddic corpus of a distinct genre of Odinic wisdom dialogue. The poems belonging to this genre are uniform in their themes and formulaic in their execution.’ Discuss.
Raiders, Traders and Explorers: A History of the Viking Expansion
A series of items for a six week introductory course about the Vikings, including lecture slides, reading lists and notes about the course.
Publications of the Viking Society
Digital PDF versions of printed works published by The Viking Society. Includes Old Norse editions, translations and secondary literature.
Powerpoint: The Younger Futhark
An introduction to the younger futhark, the pre-Viking rune row.