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Volcanoes in Old Norse mythology : myth and environment in early Iceland /
This book details 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. These pre-Christian myths recorded in medieval Iceland expound an indigenous Icelandic theory on volca...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leeds :
Arc Humanities Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | Borderlines (Leeds, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Old Norse Mythology between Environment and Literature
- An Indigenous Theory of Volcanism in Iceland
- Volcanism in Old Norse Cosmogony
- Volcanoes in the Social Order of Old Norse Mythology
- Volcanoes as a Cosmological Principle in Old Norse Mythology.