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Painful Love and Desire in Skírnismál
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2022 : The Eddic poem Skírnismál depicts erotically associated suffering in several instances. The god Freyr is filled with pain and grief when he first lays eyes on the beautiful jǫtunn maiden Gerðr.
Daniel Sävborg
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Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2019 The image of St. Olaf II Haraldsson, the King of Norway who was canonized in the 11th century, was studied. The reign of Olaf II Haraldsson (1015–1028) was marked by the integration of the Norwegian lands and the Christianization of the Norwegians. These
A.D. Mokropolova
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BOOK REVIEW: FLAVIA TEOC, „PERSPECTIVA SOFIANICĂ ÎN SAGA REGELUI HARALD. STUDIU PRIVIND ARTICULAREA SENSULUI DIN UNGHIUL TEXTEMELOR KENNING”, CLUJ-NAPOCA: CASA CĂRȚII DE ȘTIINȚĂ, 2020, 211 PP. [PDF]
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2023 Perspectiva sofianică în Saga regelui Harald. Studiu privind articularea sensului din unghiul textemelor kenning (The Sophian Perspective in Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar), by PhD Flavia Teoc, proposes an in-depth analysis of the kenning metaphors from a ...
Daniel RUSU
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What Did King Hákon góði Do before the Battle at Fitjar and after the Battle at Avaldsnes?
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2022 : The starting point for this paper is the enigmatic stanza 6 of the Norwegian skald Guthormr sindri's mid-900s poem Hákonardrápa. This stanza depicts the Norwegian king Hákon góði clashing his spears together over the heads of the fallen warriors after ...
Andreas Nordberg
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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae III: From Metric-Structural Type to Compositional System
Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2015 This article explores patterns of language use in oral poetry within a variety of semantic formula. Such a formula may vary its surface texture in relation to phonic demands of the metrical environment in which it is realised. This is the third part of a
- Frog
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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae II: Base-Word-Determinant Indexing
Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2014 This article explores patterns of language use in oral poetry within a variety of semantic formula. Such a formula may vary its surface texture in relation to phonic demands of the metrical environment in which it is realised.
- Frog
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Religion in the Viking Age Moral Economy
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2022 : On those rare occasions when Old Norse religion and morality are set alongside one another, the notion of a non-Christian morality is typically dismissed or Old Norse religion is viewed as actively holding back moral progress.
Declan Taggart
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Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2023 Perspectiva sofianică în Saga regelui Harald. Studiu privind articularea sensului din unghiul textemelor kenning (The Sophian Perspective in Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar), by PhD Flavia Teoc, proposes an in-depth analysis of the kenning metaphors from a ...
Daniel RUSU
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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae I: When is a Valkyrie Like a Spear?
Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2014 This article explores patterns of language use in oral poetry within a variety of semantic formula. Such a formula may vary its surface texture in relation to phonic demands of the metrical environment in which it is realized.
- Frog
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'The Eagle's Oars are Feathers' - Skaldic Practice and Perception Beyond Performance [PDF]
, 2019 One of the perennial mysteries of Old Norse skaldic poetry is how skalds learned to compose such complex verses. The medieval Icelandic sagas feature a multitude of characters who compose skaldic poetry, many of whom appear
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