Remembering Heathen Women in Medieval Icelandic Literature
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2021 : 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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The Grave Mound of a Saga Hero
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2022 : 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
Tabularia, 2016 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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Magical Music in Old Norse Literature
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1996 No society ever existed without performing music, and most cultures display many variants of music. Music also played and still plays an important part in different religious rites. From the days of yore, music has been intimately connected with the cult,
Britt-Mari Näsström
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Child abandonment as an indicator of Christianization in the Nordic countries
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1990 In the Nordic countries, child abandonment seems to have been a commonly accepted social tradition until the acceptance of Christianity. When Christian influences reached the Far North, this old practice was gradually criminalized.
Juha Pentikäinen
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Old Norse in Italy: From Francesco Saverio Quadrio to Fóstbræðra saga
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2019 : Old Norse texts and literary motifs have been circulating in Italian literature since an early period of its history.
Fulvio Ferrari
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Visions et spectres dans la littérature norroise : aperçus sur la culture germanique ancienne
Cahiers d’Études Germaniques, 2012 Ancient Germanic culture was kept in an exceptionally accurate way in Old Norse literature such as it has been recorded by medieval Icelandic clerics.
Daniel Lacroix
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Radiometric Constraints on the Timing, Tempo, and Effects of Large Igneous Province Emplacement
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 27-82., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jennifer Kasbohm +2 more
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Werewolves in old Norse-Icelandic literature
, 2020 This thesis investigates ten Old Norse-Icelandic werewolf texts: Vǫlsunga saga, Gibbons saga, Sigrgarðs saga frækna, Sigrgarðs saga ok Valbrands, Ála flekks saga, Úlfhams rímur, Tiodielis saga, Jóns saga leikara, and, on the Norwegian side, Bisclaretz ljóð and a short episode in Konungs skuggsjá.
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Periodontal diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Present and future
Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract For more than two decades the possible association between periodontal diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes has been extensively evaluated. Numerous observational, intervention, and mechanistic studies have offered valuable information on this topic.
Yiorgos A. Bobetsis +3 more
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