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Powerpoint: Runes and Vikings

A powerpoint presentation aimed at first-year undergraduates. it introduces the use and misuse of runes.

Tags: Educational Resource, Lectures, Runeinnskrifter, Runeinskrifter, Runes / Runer, Runic, Runic inscriptions, Runinskrifter, Tertiary Education, Writing

Reading list for essay question on mythological stories in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 8.docx

Essay Question: How are mythological stories depicted in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa?

Tags: Bragi Boddason, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Ragnar, Ragnarsdrápa, Reading Lists, Skaldic poetry, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on the figure of the hero in Ǫrvar-Odds saga

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 7.docx

Essay Question: How is the figure of the hero presented in Ǫrvar-Odds saga?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Heroes, Iceland, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Ǫrvar-Odds saga, Reading Lists, Sagas, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on the legend of the Vǫlsungar and its sources

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 6.docx

Essay Question: What are the major differences between the telling of the legend of the Vǫlsungar in eddic poetry and that in Vǫlsunga saga?

Tags: Eddic Poetry, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Heroic Poetry, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Reading Lists, Sagas, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education, Volsungs

Reading list for essay question on sagas, Icelandic law and the sentence of outlawry

Essay Question: To what extent do the authors of Gísla saga Súrssonar and Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar critique Icelandic law and the sentence of outlawry?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Gísla saga, Gisli, Grettir, Grettis saga, Iceland, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Outlaws, Reading Lists, Sagas, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on the role of poetry in the skáldasögur

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 4.docx

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?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Egils saga, Essay Questions, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Poets, Prose, Prosimetrum, Reading Lists, Sagas, Skáldasögur, Skaldic poetry, Skalds, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

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)?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Egils saga, Essay Questions, Literature, Old Norse Literature, Poets, Prose, Reading Lists, Sagas, Skáldasögur, Skalds, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on Eddic poetry and Odinic wisdom dialogue

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 2.docx

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.

Tags: Diaglogue, Eddic Poetry, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Literature, Mythology, Norse Myth, Odin, Old Norse Literature, Poetic Edda, Reading Lists, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education, Wisdom Poetry

Reading list for essay question on eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature Reading List 1.docx

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.

Tags: Eddic Poetry, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Literature, Mythology, Norse Myth, Old Norse Literature, Prose Edda, Reading Lists, Snorri, Sources, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on Joanne Harris and Norse sources

Norse Mythology and English Literature Reading List 4.docx

Essay Question: What motivates Joanne Harris’s employment of Norse mythology in Runemarks, Runelight, and The Gospel of Loki?

Tags: Adaptation, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Influence, Joanne Harris, Literature, Mythology, Norse Myth, Novels, Old Norse Literature, Reading Lists, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Reading list for essay question on J. R. R. Tolkien and Norse sources

Norse Mythology and English Literature Reading List 3.docx

Essay Question: Which aspects of Norse mythology are borrowed and adapted by J. R. R. Tolkien in the construction of Middle-earth?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Influence, Literature, Mythology, Norse Myth, Old Norse Literature, Reading Lists, Reception, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education, Tolkien

Reading list for essay question on Thomas Gray's Norse sources

Norse Mythology and English Literature Reading List 2.docx

Essay Question: How does Thomas Gray adapt his sources (Baldrs draumar and Darraðarljóð) in ‘The Descent of Odin’ and ‘The Fatal Sisters’?

Tags: Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Influence, Literature, Mythology, Norse Myth, Old Norse Literature, Poetry, Reading Lists, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education, Thomas Gray

Reading list for essay question on Norse mythological material in Beowulf

Norse Mythology and English Literature Reading List 1.docx

Essay Title: ‘The incorporation of Norse mythological material in Beowulf is nothing more than a random assortment of half-remembered stories.’ Discuss.

Tags: Anglo-Scandinavian, Beowulf, Educational Resource, Educational Resources, Essay Questions, Literature, Mythology, Norse Mythology, Old Norse Literature, Reading Lists, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

Lecture Slides: Introduction to Old Norse (Language)

Slides from three lectures introducing undergraduate students to Old Norse, with the main points of grammar covered as well as exercises to accompany the explanations. Includes a passage from Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða for translation. Used in Old…

Tags: Education, Educational Resource, Grammar, Hrafnkels saga, Language Aids, Language Exercises, Lectures, Old Norse Language, Slides, Teaching Aids, Tertiary Education

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…

Tags: Courses, Educational Resource, Lesson Plan, Medieval, Migration Period, Tertiary Education, Viking Age

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