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- Collection: Resources for Old Norse Literature
Reading list for essay question on the role of poetry in the skáldasögurEssay Question: Why do the authors of the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar…
Essay Question: How does Thomas Gray adapt his sources (Baldrs draumar and Darraðarljóð) in ‘The Descent of Odin’ and ‘The Fatal Sisters’?
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…
Review: 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' ed. by Sarah Anderson and Karen SwensonReview of Anderson, S. and Swenson, K. (eds), 2002 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' (London and New…
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words, and Power' by Jóhanna Katrín FriðriksdóttirA review of Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir, 2013 'Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words, and Power.' The New Middle Ages (New York: Palgrave…
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Society' and 'Old Norse Images of Women' by Jenny JochensOn pp. 89-91, a review of:
Jochens, J., 1995 'Women in Old Norse Society' (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press)
Jochens, J., 1996 'Old Norse…
Saga Thing: NicknamesSaga Thing has collected a selection of nicknames from the sagas that they have discussed. Old Norse nicknames could often be less than complimentary,…
Shortcut for hooked-o and long hooked-oA 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…
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Introduction and OverviewSeminar questions for the first part of a course on Snorra Edda
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Myth and Snorra EddaSeminar questions about the role of myth and mythology in Snorra Edda.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - The Fictions and Narrative of GylfaginningSeminar questions relating to the role of trickery in Gylfaginning.
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - The Prologue and GylfaginningSeminar questions for the second part of a course on Snorra Edda. This session focuses on the Prologue and Gylfaginning
Snorra Edda: Seminar Questions - Two Myths of MisallianceSeminar questions about the role of misalliance in Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál and Skírnismál with specific reference to Njörðr and Freyr.
Snorra Edda: SyllabusThe syllabus for a course on Snorra Edda
Sofie Vanherpen's BlogItems from Sofie Vanherpen's Blog centred around her PhD-project on Auðr/Unnr djúp(a)úðga Ketilsdóttir (9th Century).
Syllabus: Fornaldarsögur CourseThe syllabus for a course on the Fornaldarsögur.
Syllabus: Oral TraditionThe syllabus for a course on oral tradition as related to Old Norse literature.
The Old Lay of BiarkiThis is a translation of Bjarkamál in fornu which was sung by the skald Thormod before the battle of Stiklestad.
The structure of Bósa sagaA task sheet for students to help them analyse the structure of Bósa saga
Thesis: 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetrySchorn's thesis on Old Norse wisdom poetry. The thesis is downloadable at the link for this item.
Citation:
Schorn, B. E. (2012). 'How can his…