Myths and magic in the medieval Far North : realities and representations of a region on the edge of Europe / edited by Stefan Figenschow, Richard Holt and Miriam Tveit.

• Introduction : myths and magic in the medieval Far North / Stefan Figenschow, Richard Holt, Miriam Tveit -- Bearded women and sea monsters : European representations of the Far North in the Early and High Middle Ages / Miriam Tveit -- Myth, magic, and rituals in the Nordic world -- On the view of 'the other' — abroad and at home : the geography and peoples of the Far North, according to Historia Norwegie / Lars Ivar Hansen -- The ice giant cometh : the Far North in the old Norse-Icelandic sagas / Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough -- Fishermen in trouble — Grímnismál and Elf Islands in northern Norway / Petter Snekkestad -- Sámi myths and medieval heritage / Marte Spangen --‘I hurl the spirits of Gandul’. pleasure, jealousy, and magic : the witchcraft trial of Ragnhild Tregagaas in 1325 / Rune Blix Hagen -- The meaning of ale : understanding political conflicts in the north in light of cultural practice / Karoline Kjesrud -- Myths and representations in the political consolidation of the north -- The origins of political organization in the high north : a study of the historical and material remains of Finnmǫrk, Hálogaland, and the mythical O̜mð / Yassin Nyang Karoliussen -- Norwegian or northern : the construction and mythography of Háleygr identity, c. 800–1050 / Ben Allport -- The formation of a Norwegian kingdom : a northern counter-narrative? / Richard Holt -- Approaches to mythologized 'others' in Norwegian expansion to the north / Stefan Figenschow.

Ämnesord

Fornnordisk religion  (sao)

Historiografi  (sao)

Fornnordisk mytologi  (sao)

Mythology, Norse.  (LCSH)

Old Norse literature  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Oral tradition  -- Scandinavia -- History -- To 1500. (LCSH)

Fornisländsk litteratur  -- historia (sao)

Muntlig tradition  -- historia (sao)

Mythology, Norse  (LCSH)

Historiography  (LCSH)

Norden  (sao)

Scandinavia  -- Historiography. (LCSH)

Före 1500  (sao)

Klassifikation

839.60937 (DDC)