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The perception of Old Norse literature in modern Icelandic children’s literature [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Сериа III. Филология, 2018
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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Revenants in Old Norse literature as embodied memory

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica, 2020
Beings that come from the past into the present could be an example par excellence for memory studies. Revenants are an outstanding phenomenon of Old Norse literature that has been researched from many points of view: e.g.
Marie Novotná
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The Bearded Bride: A Critical Edition of Þrymlur. 2020. Edited and translated by Lee Colwill and Haukur Þorgeirsson. Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London. xli + 58 pages. ISBN: 978-0-903521-98-7.

Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2023
Book review of The Bearded Bride: A Critical Edition of Þrymlur.
Andrew McGillivray
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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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Marie Novotná: Pojetí těla ve staroseverské literatuře

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica, 2020
Book review: Marie Novotná: Pojetí těla ve staroseverské literatuře. Praha: Herrmann & synové, 2019, 194 pages. (The Concept of the Body in Old Norse Literature)
Lucie Korecká
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A source within a source?

Kulturella Perspektiv, 2022
The sagas of Icelanders contain a great wealth of personal names both of historical and fictional nature. Personal names function both as identifiers for individuals but also evoke associations that supersede the name’s lexical or identifying meaning ...
Solveig Bollig
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Prognosis in a Young Woman with New-Onset Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus: A Case Report

Case Reports in Neurology, 2022
New-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) is a rare clinical diagnosis. Autoimmune encephalitis and paraneoplastic encephalitis are the most common identifiable etiologies of NORSE; of the known autoimmune encephalitides, <200 cases of GAD65 ...
Pallavi Juneja, Dionne Swor
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Narrative Modes, Narrative Space, and Narrative Play in the Post-Classical Sagas and Þættir of Icelanders

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philologica, 2019
Scholars have traditionally viewed the post-classical sagas and ˂i˃þættir˂/i˃ of Icelanders, written between the second half of the 13th century and the early 15th century, as inferior to the classical sagas and ˂i˃þættir˂/i˃ in terms of narrative form ...
Lucie Korecká
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Formes de mystique dans le Nord préchrétien

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1970
In this paper, the author explores mysticism found in a Nordic context, exemplified by different forms of mystic experiences in old Norse religion described in old Scandinavian poetry and literature.
Åke Ström
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Þingeyrar Abbey in Northern Iceland: A Benedictine Powerhouse of Cultural Heritage

Religions, 2021
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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