Bibliography III of IV

Scholarship on Old Norse Mythology and Icelandic Folklore

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Acker, Paul., and Larrington, Carolyne. Revisiting the Poetic Edda: Essays on Old Norse Heroic Legend. Taylor and Francis, 2013.

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Alda Sigmundsdóttir. The Little Book of the Hidden People. Enska textasmiðjan, 2015.

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Alda Snæbjörnsdóttir. Tröllaspor: íslenskar tröllasögur [Troll Trail: Icelandic Troll Stories]. Skrudda, 2011.

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Anna Kristín Ásbjörnsdóttir, et al. Tales of Trolls: Icelandic Folk Tales Collected by Jón Árnason. Nýhöfn, 2015.

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Anderson, Philip N. “Form and Content in Lokasenna: A Re-evaluation.” The Poetic Edda: Essays on Old Norse Mythology, edited by Carolyne Larrington and Paul Acker, Routledge, 2015, pp. 139-157.

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Ármann Jakobsson. “Beware of the Elf! A Note on the Evolving Meaning of Álfar.” Folklore, vol. 126, no. 2, Routledge, May 2015, pp. 215–23, doi:10.1080/0015587X.2015.1023511.

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Ármann Jakobsson. The Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North. Punctum Books, 2017.

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Ármann Jakobsson. “Loki’s Flexible Masculinity: Old Norse myths and medieval notions of gender.” Workshop on Nordic Men’s Media in Gothenburg, 16-18 Oct. 2008. 2019.

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Arngrímur Jón Sigurðsson, and Ölvir Gíslason. Museum of Hidden Beings: Mythological Beings of Icelandic Folk Tales. Salka, 2016.

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Arnold, Martin. Thor: Myth to Marvel. Continuum, 2011.

Book

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Bassil-Morozow, Helena. “Loki Then and Now: The Trickster Against Civilization.” International Journal of Jungian Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2017, pp. 84-96.

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Bek-Pedersen, Karen. The Norns in Old Norse Mythology. Dunedin Academic Press, 2011.

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Birna Bjarnadóttir. “What the Bear Said: Skald Tales From New Iceland.” Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal, Jan. 2013, pp. 267–68, doi:10.1353/ces.2013.0015.

Article

Brink, Stefan and Lisa Collinson, editors. Theorizing Old Norse Myth. Acta Scandinavica Book 7. Brepols, 2018.

Edited volume

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Canevaro, Lilah Grace. “Hesiod and Hávamál: Transitions and the Transmission of Wisdom.” Oral Tradition, vol. 29, no. 1, Center for Studies in Oral Tradition, 2014, pp. 99–126, doi:10.1353/ort.2014.0003.

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Cipolla, Adele and Quinn, Judy, editors. Studies in the Transmission and Reception of Old Norse Literature: The Hyperborean Muse in European Culture. Brepols, 2016.

Edited volume

Cole, Richard. “Towards a Typology of Absence in Old Norse Literature.” Exemplaria, vol. 28, no. 2, Routledge, Apr. 2016, pp. 137–60, doi:10.1080/10412573.2016.1151201.

Article

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Eson, Lawrence. “Odin and Merlin: Threefold Death and the World Tree.” Western Folklore, vol. 69, no. 1, Western States Folklore Society, Jan. 2010, pp. 85–107.

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Ferioli, Diego. “On the Oral-Formulaic Theory and Its Application in the Poetic Edda: The Cases of Alvíssmál and Hávamál.” Nordicum-Mediterraneum, vol. 5, no. 1, University of Akureyri, Mar. 2010, https://doaj.org/article/4769e997437747b5870a6b4b58bd76a8.

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Flowers, Stephen E. Icelandic Magic: Practical Secrets of the Northern Grimoires. First U.S. edition, Inner Traditions, 2016.

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Frankki, James. “Cross-Dressing in the Poetic Edda: Mic Muno Æsir Argan Kalla.” Scandinavian Studies, vol. 84, no. 4, U of Illinois P, Dec. 2012, pp. 425–37, doi:10.1353/scd.2012.0063.

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Gibson, Marion. Imagining the Pagan Past: Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages. Routledge, 2013.

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Gunnell, Terry and Lassen, Annette, editors. The Nordic Apocalypse: Approaches to Vǫluspá and Nordic Days of Judgement. Acta Scandinavica: Aberdeen Studies in the Scandinavian World, Brepols, 2013.

Edited volume

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Hallfridur J. Ragnheidardottir. Quest for the Mead of Poetry: Menstrual Symbolism in Icelandic Folk and Fairy Tales. Chiron Publications, 2016.

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Haukur Þorgeirsson. “Álfar í gömlum kveðskap [Elves in Old Poetry].” Són, Jan. 2011.

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Hobson, Jacob. “Euhemerism and the Veiling of History in Early Scandinavian literature. (Critical Essay).” The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol. 116, no. 1, U of Illinois P, Jan. 2017, pp. 24–44, doi:10.5406/jenglgermphil.116.1.0024.

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Jesch, Judith. “The Norse gods in England and the Isle of Man.” Myths, Legends, and Heroes: Essays on Old Norse and Old English Literature in Honour of John McKinnell, edited by Daniel Anlezark, U of Toronto P, 2011.

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Jón Karl Helgason. Echoes of Valhalla: The Afterlife of Eddas and Sagas. Reaktion, 2017.

Book

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Kaplan, Merill and Tangherlini, Timothy R., editors. News from Other Worlds: Studies in Nordic Folklore, Mythology and Culture in Honor of John F. Lindow. North Pinhurst Press, 2012, pp. 134-153.

Edited volume

Karl Jóhann Jónsson. Jólasveinarnir þá og nú [The Yule Lads Then and Now]. 1. útgáfa, NB forlag, 2016.

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Korstanje, Maximiliano. “Examining the Norse Mythology and the Archetype of Odin: The Inception of Grand Tour.” Tourism, vol. 60, no. 4, 2012, pp. 369–84.

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Kousoulis, Antonis A., et al. “Violent Death and Trauma in Norse Mythology: a Systematic Reading of the Prose Edda.” European Surgery, vol. 48, no. 5, Springer, Oct. 2016, pp. 304–10, doi:10.1007/s10353-016-0438-9.

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Langer, Johnni. “A morte de Odin? As representações do Ragnarök na arte das Ilhas Britânicas [The Death of Odin? The Representations of Ragnarok in the Art of the British Isles.” Medievalista, no. 11, Instituto de Estudos Medievais. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012.

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Langer, Johnni and Neiva, Weber. “Valquírias versus gigantas: modelos marciais femininos na mitologia Escandinava [Valkyries versus Giantesses: Female Martial Models in Scandinavian Mythology].” Revista Brasileira de História Das Religiões, vol. V, no. 13, Associação Nacional de História - ANPUH, May 2012, pp. 03–29.

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Larrington, Carolynne. The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes. Thames & Hudson, 2017.

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Lindow, John. Trolls: an Unnatural History. Reaktion Books, 2014.

Book

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Markelova Olga. “The perception of Old Norse literature in modern Icelandic children’s literature.” Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ III. Filologiâ, vol. 55, St. Tikhon’s University, July 2018, pp. 52–74.

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McGillivray, Andrew. Influences of Pre-Christian Mythology and Christianity on Old Norse Poetry: A Narrative Study of Vafþrúðnismál. The Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Europe Series. Medieval Institute Press, 2018.

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Mckinnell, John. Essays on Eddic Poetry. Edited by Donata Kick and John D. Shafer, U of Toronto P, 2014.

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Mckinnell, John. “Motivation and Meaning in Lokasenna.” Essays on Eddic Poetry, University of Toronto Press, 2014.

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Moosbrugger, Mathias. “Recovering the Snorra Edda: On Playing Gods, Loki, and the Importance of History.” Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture, vol. 17, 2010, pp. 105–20.

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North, Richard. “OE wopes hring and the Old Norse Myth of Baldr.” Early Archaeology and Art in the British Isles: Studies in Honour of James Graham-Campbell, edited by Andrew Reynolds and Leslie Webster, Brill, 2012, pp. 893-910.

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Pilkington, Brian. Trolls: Philosophy and Wisdom. Mál og menning, 2011.

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Pilkington, Brian. The Yule Cat: A Seasonal Makeover. Mál og menning, 2017.

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Pilkington, Brian, and Gunnell, Terry. The Hidden People of Iceland. Mál og menning, 2012.

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Pridmore, Saxby, et al. “Suicide in Old Norse and Finnish Folk Stories.” Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 19, no. 4, SAGE Publications, Aug. 2011, pp. 321–24, doi:10.3109/10398562.2011.603331.

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Quinn, Judy. “What Frigg knew: the goddess as prophetess in Old Norse mythology.” Dee, profetesse, regine e altre figure femminili nel Medioevo germanico, edited by Maria Ruggerini and Veronika Szöke, CUEC, 2015, pp. 67-88.

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Quinn, Judy. “The Principles of Textual Criticism and the Interpretation of Old Norse Texts Derived from Oral Tradition.” Studies in the Transmission and Reception of Old Norse Literature: The Hyperborean Muse in European Culture, edited by Judy Quinn and Adele Cipolla (Acta Scandinavica: Aberdeen Studies in the Scandinavian World), Brepols, 2016, pp. 47-78.

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Raffield, Ben, et al. “Religious Belief and Cooperation: a View from Viking-Age Scandinavia.” Religion, Brain & Behavior, vol. 9, no. 1, Routledge, Jan. 2019, pp. 2–22, doi:10.1080/2153599X.2017.1395764.

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Ross, Margaret Clunies. “Images of Norse Cosmology.” Myths, Legends, and Heroes: Essays on Old Norse and Old English Literature in Honour of John McKinnell, edited by Daniel Anlezark. U of Toronto P, 2011.

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Roughton, Philip, and Pétur Már Ólafsson. Icelandic Ghost Stories. Veröld, 2013.

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Sävborg, Daniel, and Bek-Pedersen, Karen. Supernatural Encounters in Old Norse Literature and Tradition. Brepols, 2018.

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Sayers, William. “‘ok Er Hann Einhendr’: Tÿr’s Enhanced Functionality.” Neophilologus, vol. 100, no. 2, Springer Netherlands, Apr. 2016, pp. 245–55, doi:10.1007/s11061-015-9462-4.

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Schjodt, Jens-Peter. More Than Mythology: Narratives, Ritual Practices & Regional Distribution in pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions. Nordic Academic Press, 2012.

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Schorn, Brittany, Quinn, Judy, and Larrington, Carolyne, editors. A Handbook to Eddic Poetry: Myths and Legends of Early Scandinavia. Cambridge UP, 2016.

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Shimomiya, Tadao. Alliteration in the Poetic Edda. Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2011, doi:10.3726/978-3-0353-0095-6.

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Tangherlini, Timothy R. Nordic Mythologies: Interpretations, Intersections, and Institutions. North Pinehurst Press, 2014.

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Turco, Jeffrey. “Nets and Snares: The Loki of Snorri’s Edda and the Christian Tradition.” History of Religions, vol. 56, no. 2, U of Chicago P, Nov. 2016, pp. 198–231, doi:10.1086/688214.

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Wanner, Kevin J. “Sewn Lips, Propped Jaws, and a Silent Áss (or Two): Doing Things with Mouths in Norse Myth.” JEGP, vol. 111, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-24.

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Warnica, Richard. “Help Your elf (Iceland).” Maclean’s, vol. 125, no. 21, Rogers Publishing Ltd., June 2012.

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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.