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Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Introduction and Overview
Seminar questions for the first part of a course on Snorra Edda
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - The Prologue and Gylfaginning
Seminar questions for the second part of a course on Snorra Edda. This session focuses on the Prologue and Gylfaginning
Handout: The Asian Origins of Nordic Culture
A handout for a course on Snorra Edda discussing Snorri's view that the Norse gods came from Asia.
Powerpoint: Gylfaginning and Vernacular Traditions
Powerpoint for Snorra Edda course. It illustrates the links between Gylfaginning and other texts.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - The Fictions and Narrative of Gylfaginning
Seminar questions relating to the role of trickery in Gylfaginning.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Myth and Snorra Edda
Seminar questions about the role of myth and mythology in Snorra Edda.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Two Myths of Misalliance
Seminar questions about the role of misalliance in Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál and Skírnismál with specific reference to Njörðr and Freyr.
Powerpoint: Introduction to Háttatal
A Powerpoint slideshow introducing Háttatal.
Snorra Edda: Syllabus
The syllabus for a course on Snorra Edda
Powerpoint: The Manuscript Tradition of Skáldskaparmál
Powerpoint slideshow introducing the manuscript tradition of Skáldskaparmál.
Project Andvari
Project Andvari is an international collaborative project designed to create a free digital portal that will provide integrated access to collections of northern European art and artifacts of the early medieval period (4th–12th centuries).
Old Norse Lesson 1: Introducing the Language
What is Old Norse? How old is it? How is it related to English and the other languages of Northern Europe?
In this first video of a planned series, Dr. Jackson Crawford (UC Berkeley) sets out what you need to know about the language in order to…
In this first video of a planned series, Dr. Jackson Crawford (UC Berkeley) sets out what you need to know about the language in order to…
Translation of Hamðismál by Josefina Troncoso
A translation of Hamðismál by Josefina Troncoso (@kriemhildsrache on Twitter), a 3rd year English student at Durham University. Hamðismál is a heroic poem from the Poetic Edda that finishes the cycle about Guðrun and Sigurðr.
Translation of Völundarkviða by Josefina Troncoso
A translation of the Old Norse poem Völundarkviða from the Poetic Edda by Josefina Troncoso (@kriemhildsrache on Twitter), a 3rd year English student at Durham University. This is one of the mythological poems, and is related to the tale of…
Translation of Völundarkviða into Spanish by Josefina Troncoso
A translation into Spanish of the Old Norse poem Völundarkviða from the Poetic Edda by Josefina Troncoso (@kriemhildsrache on Twitter), a 3rd year English student at Durham University. This is one of the mythological poems, and is related to the…
Dictionary of Old Norse Prose / Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog
Dictionary of Old Norse Prose
Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog
Online dictionary of Old Norse
Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog
Online dictionary of Old Norse
Kulturhistorisk museum, Oslo
The website of the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo which includes a Viking section
Digitala Sveriges Runinskrifter
Digital copies of the series "Sveriges runinskrifter", the standard corpus work for Swedish runic inscriptions.
Monument to Bishop Absalon at Højerup Kirke
A monument to the twelfth-century Danish Bishop (and Archbishop) Absalon, who played a key role in Danish territorial expansion and crusades against the Wends. The memorial features a viking-style ship. It is located in the grounds of Højerup Gamle…
Course Syllabus: Religion and Mythology in the Viking Age
This is the syllabus for a course on pre-Christian religion/s in the Viking Age, which I taught in the spring of 2014. It was part of a two-semester 'valgfag' programme at Aarhus University titled "Viking Studies", so the students (drawn from a range…