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Odin's ways : a guide to the pagan god in medieval literature

Uniform Title
Odin på kristent pergament. English
Title
Odin's ways : a guide to the pagan god in medieval literature / Annette Lassen ; translated from Danish by Helen F. Lesley-Jacobsen and Margaret Cormack.
ISBN
1000469824
1000469891
1003187986
9781000469820
9781000469899
9781003187981
1032035714
1032123257
9781032035710
9781032123257
Publication
New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 volume)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 31, 2021).
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Biographical / Historical Note
Annette Lassen, since 2021 associate professor at The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, has published articles and books on Old Norse mythology, sagas of Icelanders, legendary sagas, eddic poems and the early modern reception of Old Icelandic literature along with an edition of Hrafnagaldur Ói̧ns / Forspjallsljó ̧(2011), scholarly anthologies on legendary sagas Fornaldarsagornas struktur och ideologi, 2003, Fornaldarsagaerne: Myter og virkelighed, 2009, Fornaldarsg̲ur Noru̧rlanda: Uppruni og þróun, 2012) and Vl̲usp ̀(The Nordic Apocalypse: Aproaches to Vl̲usp ̀and Nordic Days of Judgement, 2013). She has also published translations of the complete legendary sagas and sagas of Icelanders in Danish (Oldtidssagaerne, 2016-2019, Islnædingesagaerne, 2014).
Summary
"This book is about the Old Norse god Odin. It includes references to all occurrences of Odin in the Old Norse/Icelandic texts, including Saxo's Gesta Danorum, the eddic poems, Snorri's Edda, and Ynglinga saga and analyses the high medieval reception and literary representations of Odin"-- Provided by publisher
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Lassen, Annette. Odin på kristent pergament. English. Odin's ways. New York, NY : Routledge, 2021
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The reception of Odin in research
Excursus : the vocabulary of 'myth' in an Old Norse/Icelandic context
Odin and the Roman gods in early Latin texts and Old Norse/Icelandic translations
The ecclesiastical explanations of paganism
Odin in various Old Norse/Icelandic genres
Odin in the contemporary saga Sturlunga saga
Odin in the courtly romances (riddarasögur)
Odin in kings' sagas (konungasögur)
Odin in the legendary sagas (fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda)
Odin in Skaldic poetry
Odin in the Gesta Danorum
Odin in Ynglinga saga
Odin in Snorri's Edda
Odin in the Eddic poems.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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