Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology : Myth and Environment in Early Iceland /

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Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology' 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 indigen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nordvig, Mathias
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Volcanoes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
Volcanoes > Iceland > History.
Iceland.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Old Norse Mythology between Environment and Literature
  • Chapter 2. An Indigenous Theory of Volcanism in Iceland
  • Chapter 3. Volcanism in Old Norse Cosmogony
  • Chapter 4. Volcanoes in the Social Order of Old Norse Mythology
  • Chapter 5. Volcanoes as a Cosmological Principle in Old Norse Mythology
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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