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Gender and Genre: Short and Long Forms in the Saga Literature [PDF]
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Harris, Joseph
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Lost and found in translation: the case of alliteration [PDF]
The paper examines the transmission of alliteration in Estonian and Russian translated verse. The main focus is on the translation of alliterative epic, on the one hand, and more recent literary alliteration, on the other hand.
Lotman, Maria-Kristiina, Lotman, Mihhail
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"Odějme Tóra v nevěsty úbor!" O genderových stereotypech severské společnosti v době Vikingské éry
This article, based on Scandinavian narrative sources (tha sagas), skaldic and eddic poetry as well as medieval law-codes, presents a particular view of the Scandinavian gender history during the Viking Age.
Lenka Doová
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Saga d’Egil, trad. Torfi H. Tulinius, Paris, Le Livre de Poche, 2021
Christelle Fairise
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The threatening wave: Norse poetry and the Scottish Isles [PDF]
The poetry discussed in this paper presents a range of responses to sailing around the northern parts of the British Isles, by poets more or less familiar with these routes but also with Norway, Iceland and sea-ways much further afield.
Jesch, Judith
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'The Eagle's Oars are Feathers' - Skaldic Practice and Perception Beyond Performance [PDF]
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
Haley-Halinski, Kathryn
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Prototypes and structures in eddic poetry [PDF]
Seiichi Suzuki, The Meters of Old Norse Eddic Poetry: Common Germanic Inheritance and North Germanic Innovation (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde, Band 86). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2014.
Árnason, Kristján
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Den tidlige kirkeorganisasjonen i Eidsivatingslagen
This article presents a new interpretation and identification of a particular type of church in inland East-Norway (Eidsivatingslagen), known in Old Norse as the þriðjungkirkja.
Frode Iversen, Jan Brendalsmo
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Religion, Alfar and Dvergar [PDF]
En este artículo apuntamos a explorar la conexión entre dos tipos de entidades míticas colectivas, los álfar y los dvergar. Ponderamos críticamente la fiabilidad de las distintas fuentes y analizamos el modo en que esos seres son presentados en algunos ...
Barreiro, Santiago Francisco
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The Form and Style of Gnomic Hypermetrics [PDF]
Gnomic poems have often been noted for their unusual metrical style. One aspect of their style that stands out is the hypermetric usage, both because these poems contain a notably high incidence of hypermetric verses and because the verses are frequently
Hartman, Megan E.
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