Myths, Legends, and Heroes: Essays on Old Norse and Old English Literature

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PART ONE: Transforming Paganism

1. The Norse gods in England and the Isle of Man by Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham)
2. Elves and Exorcism: Runic and other lead amulets in medieval popular religion by (Rudolf Simek, University of Bonn)
3. Images of Norse Cosmology by Margaret Clunies Ross (University of Sydney)

PART TWO: Using Poetry

1. Meeting the Other: The Cases of Kumlbúa þáttr and Draumr Þorsteins Hallsonar by John Lindow (University of California, Berkeley)
2. Risking one’s Head: Vafþrúðnismál and the Mythic Power of Poetry by Alison Finlay (Birkbeck College, London)
3. Snorra Edda as Menippean Satire by Rory McTurk (University of Leeds)

PART THREE: Literary Histories

1. Kings, Bishops and Laws: the Old Norse-Icelandic Version of 1 Maccabees by David Ashurst (University of Durham)
2. Grendel’s Reign of Terror: From History to Vernacular Epic by Helen Damico (University of New Mexico)

PART FOUR: Motifs and Themes

1. Sibling Drama: Laterality in the Heroic Poems of the Edda by Carolyne Larrington (St John’s College, Oxford)
2. Burning Walnuts: An International Motif in the Kings’ Sagas by Joyce Hill (University of Leeds)
3. A Just and Riding God: Christ’s Movement in The Descent into Hell by Maria Elena Ruggerini (Universita’ di Cagliari)
4. All at Sea: Beowulf’s Marvellous Swimming by Daniel Anlezark (University of Sydney)

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