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Religionsvidenskabeligt TidsskriftENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this article is to explore the relationship between Old Norse feasts and gender. Following Michael Dietler’s claim that examinations of gender offer insights into the practices of feasts of a given culture and vice versa, I ...
Emma C. Sørlie Jørgensen
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Old Norse Lemma Frequency: Towards a Learner's Frequency Dictionary of Old Norse
Paul Nation (1990 & 2006) has shown the importance of lemma frequency (lists) in learning and acquiring language in an effectively systematic way, and how the first 5000 lemmata cover around 98% of (most) texts, which is around the percentage of known words a reader requires to comprehend a text fully.
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The Sami People in Old Norse Literature
Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, 1999 Hermann Pálsson
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Punitive Miracles in the Old Norse Bishops’ Sagas
Collegium MedievaleThis article studies instances of divine retribution performed by God through his bishops in medieval Scandinavia. It focuses on the miracles performed by the bishops of Iceland –both saints and non-saints– as recorded in the Biskupa sögur and the ...
Davide Salmoiraghi
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Old Norse and Germanic Religion
, 2011 The article is a critical overview of archaeological research on Old Norse and Germanic ...
Andrén, Anders,
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English Studies, 2021
Abstract Old Norse Mythology treats the mythology of Scandinavia: the gods Þórr (Thor) with his hammer, the wily and duplicitous Óðinn (Odin), the sly Loki, and other mythological figures. They create the world, battle their enemies, and die at the end of the world, which arises anew with a new generation of gods.
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Abstract Old Norse Mythology treats the mythology of Scandinavia: the gods Þórr (Thor) with his hammer, the wily and duplicitous Óðinn (Odin), the sly Loki, and other mythological figures. They create the world, battle their enemies, and die at the end of the world, which arises anew with a new generation of gods.
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2023
The medieval northern world consisted of a vast and culturally diverse region both geographically, from roughly Greenland to Novgorod, and culturally, as one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity. This book explores the complexities of this fascinating world in case studies and theoretical essays that connect orality and ...
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The medieval northern world consisted of a vast and culturally diverse region both geographically, from roughly Greenland to Novgorod, and culturally, as one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity. This book explores the complexities of this fascinating world in case studies and theoretical essays that connect orality and ...
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Children’s Literature and Old Norse Medievalism
2023This book explores the ways in which contemporary authors respond to and rework key aspects of Old Norse history and viking culture for young twenty-first-century audiences. Why are contemporary authors and audiences so manifestly attracted to the viking past? In what ways do writers respond to Norse sources? How do the narratives they tell reflect our
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