Bibliography III of IV

Scholarship on Old Norse Mythology and Icelandic Folklore

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Åke V. Ström. “Formes de Mystique Dans Le Nord Préchrétien [Forms of Mystique in the Pre-Christian North].” Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, vol. 5, The Donner Institute, Feb. 1970, pp. 220–48.

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B

Benedikz, B. S. “Basic Themes in Icelandic Folklore.” Folklore, vol. 84, 1973, pp. 1-26.

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Björn R. Stefánsson. Sex þjóðsögur [Six Folktales]. Bókaverzlun Ársæls Árnasonar, 1926.

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Boucher, Alan. Elves, Trolls and Elemental Beings: Icelandic Folktales II. Iceland Review, 1977.

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Boucher, Alan. Ghosts, Witchcraft and the Other World: Icelandic Folktales I. Iceland Review, 1977.

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Boynton, Holmes. Icelandic Folk Tales and Fairy Stories. B.S.G. Boynton, 1976.

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C

Chadwick, N. K. “Norse Ghosts (A Study in the Draugr and the Haugbúi).” Folklore, vol. 57, no. 2, Taylor & Francis Group, June 1946, pp. 50–65, doi:10.1080/0015587X.1946.9717812.

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Clover, Carol J. “Hárbarðsljóð as Generic Farce.” Scandinavian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, 1979, pp. 124–145.

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D

Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis. The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature. Michigan UP, 1943.

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Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis. Gods and Myths of Northern Europe. Penguin, 1964.

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Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis. “Loki and Saxo’s Hamlet.” The Fool and the Trickster: Studies in Honour of Enid Welsford, edited by Paul V. A. Williams. Rowman & Littlefield (D. S. Brewer), 1979, pp. 3-17.

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de Vries, Jan. The Problem of Loki. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1933.

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Dumézil, Georges. Loki. G.P. Maisonneuve, 1948.

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Dumézil, Georges. From Myth to Fiction: The Saga of Hadingus. Translated by Derek Coltman, U of Chicago P, 1973.

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E

Einar Ól. Sveinsson. Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og ævintýri: með myndum eftir íslenzka listamenn [Icelandic Folktales and Fairy Tales: With Pictures by Icelandic Artists]. Leiftur, 1944.

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Einar Ól. Sveinsson. Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og ævintýri [Icelandic Folktales and Fairy Tales]. 2. útg., Leiftur, 1951.

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G

Grímur Thomsen. On the Character of the Old Northern Poetry. Icelandic Cultural Fund, 1972.

Book

H

Hatto, A. T. “The Name of God in Gothic.” The Modern Language Review, vol. 39, no. 3, 1944, pp. 247–251.

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K

Kelchner, Georgia Dunham. Dreams in Old Norse Literature and Their Affinities in Folklore: with an Appendix Containing the Icelandic Texts and Translations. The University Press, 1935.

Book

M

Martin, John Stanley. Ragnarok. An Investigation into Old Norse Concepts of the Fate of the Gods. Van Gorcum, 1972.

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McGovern, Ann., and Malone, Nola Langner. Half a Kingdom: an Icelandic Folktale. F. Warne, 1977.

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O

Odd Nordland. “Valhall and Helgafell: Syncretistic Traits of the Old Norse Religion.” Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, vol. 3, The Donner Institute, Jan. 1969, pp. 66–99.

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Rooth, Anna Birgitta. Loki in Scandinavian Mythology. C W K Gleerup, 1961.

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Ruggerini, Maria Elena. Le invettive di Loki [The Invective of Loki]. Istituto di glottologia, Università di Roma, 1979.

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S

Simpson, Jacqueline. Legends of Icelandic Magicians. Published by D. S. Brewer and Rowman and Littlefield for the Folklore Society, 1975.

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T

Turville-Petre, E. O. G. “Dreams in Icelandic Tradition.” Folklore, vol. 69, Folklore Society, Jan. 1958.

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Turville-Petre, E. O. G. Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.

Book

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van Hamel, A.G. “The Prose Frame of Lokasenna.” Neophilologus, vol. 14, No. 1, 1929, pp. 204-214.

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All 184 entries from the original bibliography.

About these bibliographies

The bibliographies and links were begun in 2019 with the support of the Department of Icelandic Language and Literature and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba.

The first is annotated with the major sources each new work draws on. None claims to be comprehensive.

Credits

Editors: Christopher Crocker, Dustin Geeraert, Selina Heidinger Web Design & Technical Editor: Ryan E. Johnson Additional Research: Austin Quagleini With thanks to Migration: The 9th UM / University of Iceland Partnership Conference, From Iceland to the Americas, and The Afterlife of Eddas and Sagas.