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

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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.

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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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Britt-Mari Näsström. “Fragments of the Past: How to Study Old Norse Religion.” Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, vol. 17, no. 2, The Donner Institute, Jan. 1999, pp. 177–85, doi:10.30674/scripta.67271.

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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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Carey, John. “Irish Parallels to the Myth of Odin’s Eye.” Folklore, vol. 94, no. 2, Taylor & Francis Group, Jan. 1983, pp. 214–18, doi:10.1080/0015587X.1983.9716279.

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

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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.

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

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Finnur Jónsson. “Álfatrúin á Íslandi [The Elf Belief in Iceland].” Eimreiðin, July 1895.

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Frakes, Jerold. “Loki’s Mythological Function in the Tripartite System.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol. 86, no. 4, 1987, pp. 473-486.

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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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Gouchet, Olivier. “Siguror and the Women.” ReVision, vol. 21, no. 3, ReVision Publications, Jan. 1999, pp. 48–55.

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

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Hind, Charles. “Scandinavian Folk-Lore: Illustrations of the Traditional Beliefs of the Northern Peoples.” The Academy, 1869-1902, 0269-333X, vol. 51, no. 1287, Academy Publishing Co., etc., 2 Jan. 1897, pp. 16–17.

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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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Jens Schjødt. “The Relation Between the Two Phenomenological Categories Initiation and Sacrifice as Exemplified by the Norse Myth of Óðinn on the Tree.” Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, vol. 15, Donner Institute, Jan. 1993, pp. 261–74, doi:10.30674/scripta.67215.

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Jón Aðalsteinsson. “Gods and Giants in Old Norse Mythology.” Temenos, vol. 26, Suomen Uskontotieteellinen Seura., Jan. 1990.

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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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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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Larson, L. “Icelandic Folktales & Legends.” Choice, vol. 42, no. 11/12, American Library Association dba CHOICE, July 2005, 1984, doi:10.5860/CHOICE.42-6324.

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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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Marianne Görman. “The Necklace as a Divine Symbol and as a Sign of Dignity in the Old Norse Conception.” Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, vol. 16, The Donner Institute, Jan. 1996, pp. 111–50.

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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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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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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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Motz, Lotte. “Gods and Demons of the Wilderness. A Study in Norse Tradition.” Arkiv För Nordisk Filologi, vol. 99, C. W. K. Gleerup, etc., Jan. 1984.

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Motz, Lotte. “Trolls and Aesir: Lexical Evidence Concerning North-Germanic Faith.” Indogermanische Forschungen, vol. 89, K. J. Trübner, Jan. 1984.

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Motz, Lotte. “The Power of Speech: Eddic Poems and Their Frames.” Amsterdamer Beitrage Zur Alteren Germanistik, vol. 46, Jan. 1996, pp. 105–17.

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Mundal, Else. “The Position of the Individual Gods and Goddesses in Various Types of Sources - with Special Reference to the Female Divinities.” Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, vol. 13, The Donner Institute, Jan. 1990, pp. 294–315.

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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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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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Olina Thorvardardottir. “Spirits of the Land: A Tool for Social Education.” Bookbird, vol. 37, no. 4, Bookbird, Inc., Jan. 1999, pp. 33–34.

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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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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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“Ragnarok in North America.” Fenris Wolf 4, 1998.

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

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Söderberg, Barbro. “Lokasenna - egenheter och ålder [Loki’s Quarrel: Peculiarities and Age].” Arkiv för Nordisk Filologi, vol. 102, C. W. K. Gleerup, etc., Jan. 1987.

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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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Taylor, Paul Beekman. “Völundarkviđa, Þrymskviđa and the Function of Myth.” Neophilologus, vol. 78, no. 2, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Apr. 1994, pp. 263–81, doi:10.1007/BF00999658.

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

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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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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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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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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.