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Handout: Runacy and Literacy

Handout for a seminar on the use of runes and literacy in Old Norse culture

Syllabus: Oral Tradition

The syllabus for a course on oral tradition as related to Old Norse literature.

Handout: Germanic Death Song

The structure and form of Germanic death song.

Characteristics of Orally-Based Thought and Expression

A discussion of oral tradition and its characteristics.

The structure of Bósa saga

A task sheet for students to help them analyse the structure of Bósa saga

Handout: Ketils saga hængs and Gríms saga loðinkinna

Handout for a course on the Fornaldarsögur

Syllabus: Fornaldarsögur Course

The syllabus for a course on the Fornaldarsögur.

Bibliography, Research and Translation Aids for Old Norse Philology

A list of bibliography, research and translation aids for Old Norse philology.

Old Icelandic to English Dictionaries Guidance

Guidance on dictionaries for translating Old Norse/Old Icelandic to English, including online dictionaries.

Northmen: A Viking Saga - Lesson Plan

A lesson plan using the film 'Northmen: A Viking Saga' as the basis for a series of lessons and exercises about the Vikings.

Powerpoint: Runes and Vikings

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

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 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 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?

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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?