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Essays on Eddic Poetry

✍ Scribed by John McKinnell (editor); Donata Kick (editor); John Shafer (editor)

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
2014
Tongue
English
Leaves
391
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Originally published between 1988 and 2008, these twelve essays cover a wide range of mythological and heroic poems and have been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Vǫluspá and the Feast of Easter
2 On Heiðr and Gullveig
3 The Evolution of Hávamál
4 Hávamál B: A Reconstructed Poem of Sexual Intrigue
5 Wisdom from Dead Relatives: The Ljóðatal Section of Hávamál
6 The Paradox of Vafþrúðnismál
7 Motivation and Meaning in Lokasenna
8 Myth as Therapy: The Usefulness of Þrymskviða
9 Vǫlundarkviða: Origins and Interpretation
10 Female Reactions to the Death of Sigurðr
11 Two Sex Goddesses: Þorgerðr Hǫlgabrúðr and Freyja in Hyndluljóð
12 The Trouble with Father: Hervararkviða and the Adaptation of Traditional Story-patterns
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index

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