Bibliography III of IV

Scholarship on Old Norse Mythology and Icelandic Folklore

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Ármann Jakobsson. “The Extreme Emotional Life of Volundr the elf. (Volundarkvida poem) (Critical Essay).” Scandinavian Studies, vol. 78, no. 3, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Sept. 2006, pp. 227–54.

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Ármann Jakobsson. “A contest of cosmic fathers: God and giant in Vafþrúðnismál,” Neophilologus 92, 2008, pp. 263–77.

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Blain, Jenny, et al. “Heathenry.” Handbook of Contemporary Paganism, vol. 2, 2009, pp. 413–32, doi:10.1163/ej.9789004163737.i-650.114.

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Ciklamini, Marlene. “Folklore and Hagiography in Arngrimr’s Gudmundar Saga Arasonar.” Fabula, vol. 49, no. 1-2, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Jan. 2008, pp. 1–18, doi:10.1515/FABL.2008.002.

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Doutreleau, Vanessa. “Elves And Relationships with Nature in Iceland.” Ethnologie Française, vol. 33, no. 4, Presses Universitaires de France, Dec. 2003, pp. 655–63, doi:10.3917/ethn.034.0655.

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Fimi, Dimitra. “Icelandic Folktales and Legends.” Folklore, vol. 118, no. 3, Taylor & Francis Ltd., 1 Dec. 2007, pp. 366–67.

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Lannom, Gloria. “Identify the Norse Gods.” Calliope, vol. 13, no. 5, Carus Publishing Company, d/b/a ePals Media, Jan. 2003, p. 42.

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Lindow, John. “Norse Mythology and the Lives of the Saints.” Scandinavian Studies, vol. 73, no. 3, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Sept. 2001, pp. 437–56.

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Mala, Elisa. “Magic Kingdom: In a Land of Elves, You’re Never alone. (GLOBAL PSYCHE: ICELAND).” Psychology Today, vol. 41, no. 3, Sussex Publishers, Inc., May 2008.

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Malm, Mats. “Baldrs Draumar and the Generic Turn.” Scandinavian Studies, vol. 76, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1-20.

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Mandt, Gro. “Fragments of Ancient Beliefs: The Snake as a Multivocal Symbol in Nordic Mythology.” ReVision, vol. 23, no. 1, ReVision Publications, July 2000, pp. 17–22.

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Mckinnell, John. “Wisdom from the dead: the Ljóðatal section of Hávamál.” Medium Aevum, vol. 76, no. 1, Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literature, Jan. 2007, pp. 85–115, doi:10.2307/43632298.

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North, Richard. “Goð geyja: The Limits of Humour in Old Norse-Icelandic Paganism.” Quaestio Insularis: Selected Proceedings of the Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic 1, 2000, pp. 1-22.

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Russell, Laura. “The Huldufolk: An Icelandic Folktale.” Faces, vol. 16, no. 9, Carus Publishing Company, d/b/a ePals Media, May 2000, pp. 40–43.

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Sesselja Bigseth. “Spotting Elves in Iceland.” Spirituality & Health Magazine, July 2004.

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Solli, Brit. “Queering the Cosmology of the Vikings: A Queer Analysis of the Cult of Odin and ‘Holy White Stones.’” Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 54, no. 1-2, Taylor & Francis Group, Apr. 2008, pp. 192–208, doi:10.1080/00918360801952085.

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Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson. “The Reception of Old Norse Myths in Icelandic Romanticism.” Det norrøne og det nationale. Studier i brugen af Islands gamle litteratur i nationale sammenhænge i Norge, Sverige, Island, Storbritannien, Tyskland og Danmark. Stofnun Vigdísar Finnbogadóttur í erlendum tungumálum, 2008, 103–121.

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Thorvaldsen, Bernt Øyvind. “Om Þrymskviða, tekstlån og tradisjon [On Thrym’s Poem, and Traditions.” Maal og minne, no. 2, 2008, pp. 142–66.

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von Schnurbein, Stefanie. “Function of Loki in Snorri Sturluson’s ‘Edda.’” History of Religions, vol. 40, no. 2, 2000, pp. 109-124.

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von Schnurbein, Stefanie. “Shamanism in the Old Norse Tradition: A Theory Between Ideological Camps.” History of Religions, vol. 43, no. 2, U of Chicago P, Nov. 2003, pp. 116–38, doi:10.1086/423007.

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Wanner, Kevin J. “Cunning Intelligence in Norse Myth: Loki, Inn, and the Limits of Sovereignty.” History of Religions, vol. 48, no. 3, U of Chicago P, Feb. 2009, pp. 211–46, doi:10.1086/598231.

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Wolf, Kirsten. “The Colors of the Rainbow in Snorri’s Edda.” Maal Og Minne, vol. 1, Jan. 2007, pp. 51–62.

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Zarins, Kimberly. “The Eddas: Iceland’s Books of Lore.” Calliope, vol. 13, no. 5, Cobblestone Publishing, a division of Carus Publishing Company, Jan. 2003.

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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.