Mathias Nordvig

Old Norse Mythology

An Introduction to the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032672816
• ISBN-10: 1032672811
• Artikelnr.: 74440406

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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