Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology : Myth and Environment in Early Iceland.
Nordvig, Mathias.
Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology : Myth and Environment in Early Iceland. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (164 pages) - Borderlines Series . - Borderlines Series .
Front Cover -- Half-title -- Borderlines -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Translations, References, and Special Characters -- Special Characters -- Chapter 1. Old Norse Mythology between Environment and Literature -- Old Norse Mythology in a Comparative Perspective -- Indigenous Perspectives on Myth and Environment -- Interpretations of Old Norse Mythology in the Context of Environment -- Silence -- Analogy -- Compression and Restructuring -- Mode of Interpretation -- Chapter 2. An Indigenous Theory of Volcanism in Iceland -- A History of Icelandic Volcanism -- Volcanism in Icelandic Literature -- Geomythology -- Hallmundarkviða: An Indigenous Icelandic Theory of Volcanism -- Hallmundarkviða: Between Pre- Christian and Christian Tradition -- Chapter 3. Volcanism in Old Norse Cosmogony -- The Sources of the Creation Myth -- The Volcanic Nature Image in Snorri's Creation Myth -- The Indigenous Theory of Volcanism in Snorri's Creation Myth -- Chapter 4. Volcanoes in the Social Order of Old Norse Mythology -- The Mead Myth -- Critical Review of Snorri's Mead Myth -- Hávamál and Háleygjatal -- The Mead Myth and the Southern European Tradition -- The Mead Myth and Volcanism -- Vǫluspá 47- 52 -- Þórr and Hrungnir's Duel -- Hrungnir: The Stone Jǫtunn -- The Duel in a Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 5. Volcanoes as a Cosmological Principle in Old Norse Mythology -- Risk Perception in Volcanic Zones -- Narration and Emotion -- Cosmology and Emotions -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary literature -- Index.
Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythologydetails how Viking Age Icelanders, migrating from Scandinavia to a new and volcanically active environment, used Old Norse mythology to understand and negotiate the hazards of the island.
9781641892933
Electronic books.
QE522 .N673 2021
293.13
Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology : Myth and Environment in Early Iceland. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (164 pages) - Borderlines Series . - Borderlines Series .
Front Cover -- Half-title -- Borderlines -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Translations, References, and Special Characters -- Special Characters -- Chapter 1. Old Norse Mythology between Environment and Literature -- Old Norse Mythology in a Comparative Perspective -- Indigenous Perspectives on Myth and Environment -- Interpretations of Old Norse Mythology in the Context of Environment -- Silence -- Analogy -- Compression and Restructuring -- Mode of Interpretation -- Chapter 2. An Indigenous Theory of Volcanism in Iceland -- A History of Icelandic Volcanism -- Volcanism in Icelandic Literature -- Geomythology -- Hallmundarkviða: An Indigenous Icelandic Theory of Volcanism -- Hallmundarkviða: Between Pre- Christian and Christian Tradition -- Chapter 3. Volcanism in Old Norse Cosmogony -- The Sources of the Creation Myth -- The Volcanic Nature Image in Snorri's Creation Myth -- The Indigenous Theory of Volcanism in Snorri's Creation Myth -- Chapter 4. Volcanoes in the Social Order of Old Norse Mythology -- The Mead Myth -- Critical Review of Snorri's Mead Myth -- Hávamál and Háleygjatal -- The Mead Myth and the Southern European Tradition -- The Mead Myth and Volcanism -- Vǫluspá 47- 52 -- Þórr and Hrungnir's Duel -- Hrungnir: The Stone Jǫtunn -- The Duel in a Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 5. Volcanoes as a Cosmological Principle in Old Norse Mythology -- Risk Perception in Volcanic Zones -- Narration and Emotion -- Cosmology and Emotions -- Bibliography -- Primary sources -- Secondary literature -- Index.
Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythologydetails how Viking Age Icelanders, migrating from Scandinavia to a new and volcanically active environment, used Old Norse mythology to understand and negotiate the hazards of the island.
9781641892933
Electronic books.
QE522 .N673 2021
293.13