Old Norse Folklore - Mitchell, Stephen A.
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Provides critical new perspectives on the Old Norse world, some of which appear in this volume for the first time in English. He examines, interprets, and re-interprets the medieval data bequeathed to us by posterityâ myths, legends, riddles, charms, court culture, conversion narratives, landscapes, and mindscapesâ targeting largely overlooked, yet important sources of cultural insights.

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Provides critical new perspectives on the Old Norse world, some of which appear in this volume for the first time in English. He examines, interprets, and re-interprets the medieval data bequeathed to us by posterityâ myths, legends, riddles, charms, court culture, conversion narratives, landscapes, and mindscapesâ targeting largely overlooked, yet important sources of cultural insights.
Autorenporträt
Stephen A. Mitchell is the Robert S. and Ilse Friend Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore at Harvard University. His research centers on the Nordic world in the medieval and early modern periods, and employs a variety of interdisciplinary approaches, including performance theory, memory studies, anthropological linguistics, and other folklore-centered perspectives. He is author of Heroic Sagas and Ballads and Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages.