Bibliography III of IV

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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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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.