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“TATARS” AND THE “STATE OF THE TATARS” IN OLD NORSE-ICELANDIC LITERATURE
Research objective: The purpose of this study is to present the entire body of information about the Tatars and the Tatar State contained in Old Norse-Icelandic literature.Research materials: The materials are the works of Old Norse-Icelandic writing of ...
Jackson T.N., Litovskikh E.V.
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Þingeyrar Abbey in Northern Iceland: A Benedictine Powerhouse of Cultural Heritage
Þingeyrar Abbey was founded in 1133 and dissolved in the wake of the Lutheran Reformation (1550), to virtually disappear with time from the face of the earth.
Gottskálk Jensson
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The perception of Old Norse literature in modern Icelandic children’s literature [PDF]
In Icelandic children’s literature of the years 2000−2010, the texts that make use of the subjects of Old Norse literature are not very common, but their importance is undeniable.
Markelova Olga
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This paper contributes to a growing body of research investigating the role of translations in the post-medieval reception of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.
Edel PORTER
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For a long time now, Old Norse literature has often been colonized and misappropriated by modern right-wing political groups for their own ideology, symbolism, and public appearance.
Albrecht Classen
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Remembering Heathen Women in Medieval Icelandic Literature
: Several Icelandic texts from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries depict female characters from the pre-Christian past. In both poetry and prose, these heathen women are often portrayed as recalling the old, pre ...
Ann Sheffield
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Sigurðar saga fóts (The Saga of Sigurðr Foot): A Translation [PDF]
This is the first English translation of the short Icelandic romance Sigurðar saga fóts, with an introduction presenting the evidence for its dating and immediate literary context.
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The Grave Mound of a Saga Hero
: The article presents a case study within the recent renaissance of folkloristic approaches to Old Norse-Icelandic religious history and saga literature.
Matthias Egeler
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The library of the genius: The manuscript collection of Rasmus Christian Rask
The Arnamagnæan Institute at the University of Copenhagen houses the Old Norse-Icelandic manuscript collection of the famous Danish linguist Rasmus Rask (1787-1832) that comprises 127 post-medieval volumes.
Silvia Hufnagel
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Oath formulas in the Poetic Edda [PDF]
This study examines oaths in the ON Poetic Edda primarily from a linguistic and rhetorical standpoint with the aim of deducing syntactic-rhetorical formulas for oath swearing. As J. Grimm (1816) said and Hibbitts (1992) reiterated, poetic formulations in
Reis, Jacob Robert
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