Mathias Nordvig: Old Norse Mythology

Cover: 9781032672816 | Old Norse Mythology | Mathias Nordvig | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

Mathias Nordvig is Associate Teaching Professor of Nordic Studies at the University of ColoradöBoulder, 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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Importe , Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781032672816
ISBN-10:	1032672811
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Nordvig, Mathias
Hersteller:	Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	Mathias Nordvig
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.12.2025
Gewicht:	0,266 kg