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- Collection: Resources for Old Norse Literature
Translation of Völundarkviða into Spanish by Josefina TroncosoA translation into Spanish of the Old Norse poem Völundarkviða from the Poetic Edda by Josefina Troncoso (@kriemhildsrache on Twitter), a 3rd year…
Reading list for essay question on Norse mythological material in BeowulfEssay Title: ‘The incorporation of Norse mythological material in Beowulf is nothing more than a random assortment of half-remembered stories.’…
Essay Question: How does Thomas Gray adapt his sources (Baldrs draumar and Darraðarljóð) in ‘The Descent of Odin’ and ‘The Fatal Sisters’?
Essay Question: Which aspects of Norse mythology are borrowed and adapted by J. R. R. Tolkien in the construction of Middle-earth?
Essay Question: What motivates Joanne Harris’s employment of Norse mythology in Runemarks, Runelight, and The Gospel of Loki?
Essay Title: ‘The primary value of eddic poetry and Snorri Sturluson’s Edda is located not in their aesthetic accomplishments but in their status as…
Essay Title: ‘There is ample evidence in the eddic corpus of a distinct genre of Odinic wisdom dialogue. The poems belonging to this genre are uniform…
Essay Question: How is the figure of the poet presented in the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga…
Essay Question: Why do the authors of the skáldasögur (Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu, Hallfreðar…
Essay Question: To what extent do the authors of Gísla saga Súrssonar and Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar critique Icelandic law and the sentence of…
Essay Question: What are the major differences between the telling of the legend of the Vǫlsungar in eddic poetry and that in Vǫlsunga saga?
Essay Question: How is the figure of the hero presented in Ǫrvar-Odds saga?
Essay Question: How are mythological stories depicted in Bragi Boddason’s Ragnarsdrápa?
Syllabus: Fornaldarsögur CourseThe syllabus for a course on the Fornaldarsögur.
Handout: Ketils saga hængs and Gríms saga loðinkinnaHandout for a course on the Fornaldarsögur
The structure of Bósa sagaA task sheet for students to help them analyse the structure of Bósa saga
Characteristics of Orally-Based Thought and ExpressionA discussion of oral tradition and its characteristics.
Handout: Germanic Death SongThe structure and form of Germanic death song.
Syllabus: Oral TraditionThe syllabus for a course on oral tradition as related to Old Norse literature.
Handout: Runacy and LiteracyHandout for a seminar on the use of runes and literacy in Old Norse culture