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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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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Bedell, J. M. (Jane M.), and Gunnell, Terry. Hildur, Queen of the Elves: and Other Icelandic Legends. Interlink Books, 2007.

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

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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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Branston, Brian, et al. Goð og garpar: úr norrænum sögnum [Gods and Heroes: From the Norse Sagas]. Saga, 1980.

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

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Dubois, Thoma A. Nordic Religions in the Viking Age. UP of Pennsylvania, 1999.

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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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Dronke, Ursula. Myth and Fiction in Early Norse Lands. Variorum, 1996.

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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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Flowers, Stephen E. The Galdrabók: an Icelandic Grimoire. S. Weiser, 1989.

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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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Guðrún Tryggvadóttir, et al. Myths & Monsters in Icelandic Folk Tales. Salka, 2002.

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Gunnar Helgason, and Blöndal, Þórarinn Gunnarsson. Grýla. Hólar, 1997.

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

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Hallberg Hallmundsson, et al. Icelandic Folk and Fairy Tales. Iceland Review, 1987.

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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 Halldórsson. Trolls in Icelandic Folklore: Stories and Drawings. Örn og Örlygur, 1982.

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Haukur Halldórsson. Tröll: sögur og teikningar úr íslenskri þjóðsagnaveröld [Troll: Sagas and Drawings from Icelandic World Folktales]. Örn og Örlygur, 1982.

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Hermann Pálsson. Hávamál í ljósi íslenskrar menningar [Havamal from the View of Icelandic Culture]. Háskólaútgáfan, 1999.

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Hermann Pálsson. Heimur Hávamála [Havamal’s World]. Bókaútgáfa Menningarsjóðs, 1990.

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

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Jón Baldur Hlíðberg, et al. Meeting with Monsters: An Illustrated Guide to the Beasts of Iceland. JPV, 2008.

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Jónas Þór. The Christmas Trolls. 1st ed., Jónas Þór, 1990.

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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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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.

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Lafayllve, Patricia M. Freyja, Lady, Vanadis: An Introduction to the Goddess. Outskirts Press, 2006.

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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. Scandinavian Mythology: An Annotated Bibliography. Garland Pub., 1988.

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Lindow, John. Murder and Vengeance Among the Gods: Baldr in Scandinavian Mythology. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia/Academia Scientiaram Fennica, 1997.

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Lindow, John. Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford UP, 2002.

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

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

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

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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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Miller, Helga., et al. Redhead the Whale and Other Icelandic Folk Tales. Queenston House, 1985.

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Mogenson, Greg. Northern Gnosis: Thor, Baldr, and the Volsungs in the Thought of Freud and Jung. Spring Journal Books, 2005.

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O’Donoghue, Heather. Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Blackwell, 2004.

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O’Donoghue, Heather. From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths. I. B. Tauris, 2007.

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O’Donoghue, Heather. 2014. English Poetry and Old Norse Myth. Oxford UP, 2004.

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Pilkington, Brian. Stumble: an Icelandic Troll Story. Mál og menning, 2000.

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Pilkington, Brian. The Yule Lads. Mál og menning, 2001.

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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. Icelandic Trolls. Mál og menning, 2003.

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

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

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Ross, Margaret Clunies. Prolonged Echoes: Old Norse Myths in Medieval Northern Society. U of Southern Denmark P, 1994.

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

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

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

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Taylor, Paul Beekman. Sharing Story: Medieval Norse-English Literary Relationships. AMS Press, 1998.

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Tolley, Clive. Shamanism in Norse Myth and Magic. Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 2009.

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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.

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Unnur Jökulsdóttir, and Árni Einarsson. Hefurðu séð huldufólk?: ferðasaga [Have You Seen the Hidden People?: An Itinerary]. Mál og menning, 2007.

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von See, Klaus. Kommentar zu den Liedern der Edda [Comments on the Songs of the Edda]. Universitätsverlag Winter, 1997.

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von See, Klaus. Europa und der Norden im Mittelalter [Europe and the North in the Middle Ages]. C. Winter, 1999.

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Wanner, Kevin J. Snorri Sturluson and the Edda: The Conversion of Cultural Capital in Medieval Scandinavia. U of Toronto P, 2008.

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Wawn, Andrew. The Vikings and the Victorians: Inventing the Old North in 19th-Century Britain. D. S. Brewer, 2000.

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Wiener, Harvey S., and John Lindow. Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2002.

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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.