Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential Eddic poems and Snorri Sturluson's Edda, with a text-by-text approach explaining the content of each, how they represent Old Norse mythology, and the relations between texts.
Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential Eddic poems and Snorri Sturluson's Edda, with a text-by-text approach explaining the content of each, how they represent Old Norse mythology, and the relations between texts.
Mathias Nordvig is Associate Teaching Professor of Nordic Studies at University of Colorado-Boulder, where he has taught subjects on Old Norse mythology and the Viking Age since 2015. His books include Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology and Ancestral North.
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Introduction Source criticism and theory Pre-Christian religions in Northern Europe Old Norse mythology in medieval literature The myths in poetry Völuspá Hávamál Vafþrúðnismál Grímnismál Skírnismál Lokasenna Hymiskviða Þrymskviða Harbarðslióð Alvíssmál Völundarkviða Heroic poems Miscellaneous poems The myths in prose Snorri's Edda Prologue Gylfaginning Skáldskaparmál Gesta Danorum Heimskringla Ynglinga saga Saga excerpts Short stories Sörla þáttr Ögmundar þáttr Miscellaneous tales Contemporary uses of Old Norse mythology
Introduction Source criticism and theory Pre-Christian religions in Northern Europe Old Norse mythology in medieval literature The myths in poetry Völuspá Hávamál Vafþrúðnismál Grímnismál Skírnismál Lokasenna Hymiskviða Þrymskviða Harbarðslióð Alvíssmál Völundarkviða Heroic poems Miscellaneous poems The myths in prose Snorri's Edda Prologue Gylfaginning Skáldskaparmál Gesta Danorum Heimskringla Ynglinga saga Saga excerpts Short stories Sörla þáttr Ögmundar þáttr Miscellaneous tales Contemporary uses of Old Norse mythology
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