Good Thoughts on Folklore and Mythology. Festschrift in Honour of Terry Gunnell. Vol. 2. Mythology

€48.00

Edited by Ingunn Ásdísardóttir, Felix Lummer, Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir, Katrin Lisa van der Linde Mikaelsdóttir, Júlíana Þóra Magnúsdóttir

Publication date: October, 2025

Pages: 335

ISBN 978-615-6696-82-3              Paperback, €48.00

ISBN 978-615-6696-81-6              Hardcover, €74.00

eISBN 978-615-6696-83-0             eBook, Open Access

DOI number: 10.22618/TP.ONS.2025v2

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Voluspå – Broen fra hedendom til kristendom

   Gro Steinsland


De natura deorum: Few Theses on Gods and Pantheons

   Jan A. Kozák


Hvers konar heimild er Edda?

   Gísli Sigurðsson


Í dyngju kvenna

   Heimir Pálsson


Life, Death and a Warrior’s Morality

   Declan Taggart


Technology in Old Norse Myth: The Case of Snorra Edda

   Jens Eike Schnall


Gods, Dwarves, and Humans: Vǫluspá Sts. 9–18

   Rory McTurk


Fannst det kvinnelege einherjur, og kva var i tilfelle dei mytologiske implikasjonane?

   Else Mundal


Valkyries Propagating, Propagating Valkyries: A Mythological Feedback Loop

   Luke John Murphy


Spittle-Man and the Talking Head: Hostages, Boundaries, and Transformations in the Peace Settlement of the æsir and vanir

   John Lindow


Hœnir – Being a Chicken in Old Norse

   Karen Bek-Pedersen, Benjamin Weber Pedersen


Why is Eggþér Happy – and who is he? On the Herder and the Roosters in Vǫluspá 42–43, with Digressions on Harps and Gosling-Trees

   Henning Haglskær Kure


Nerthus f. > Njǫrðr m.: A Speculative Proposal

   Stefan Brink


Hyrrokkin – Monster or Mighty Priestess?

   Ingunn Ásdísardóttir


A Dragon Is No Idle Fancy: Loki’s Spawn and Thor’s Bane

   Ármann Jakobsson


Valhöll í íslensku landslagi

   Svavar Sigmundsson


Recognizing the Sacrality of Helgafell

   Thomas A. DuBois


“Everything in Rings is Bound”: The Foundation Myth of Gotland

   Olof Sundqvist


Cattle, Snakes, and Milk: Decoding Western Slavic Jewellery from the Viking Age

   Leszek Gardeła


From Artefacts to Ritual Drama: Revisiting Käring(a)sjön in Halland

   Anders Andrén


Runic Poetry as Oral Poetry: Some Formulae from the Viking Age

   Simon Nygaard


Gátur Gestumblinda: Leikrænn þáttur í Heiðreks sögu

    Vésteinn Ólason


When a God Dreams: hví væri Baldri ballir draumar

   Stephen A. Mitchell


The Performance of Hárbarðsljóð – but Isn’t that Your Line?

   Frog


Forging Occasions: Exploring the Performative Framework in skáldasögur

   Inés García López


Dangerous Women by the Shore: Reading Hjálmþés saga ok Ölvis through Graeco-Roman Myth and Legend

   Camilla Asplund Ingemark


Old Norse Worlds in The Northman

   Neil Price


Góðar hugsanir frá Bandamönnum

   Sveinn Einarsson


The Works of Terry Gunnell

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Editor(s)
Ingunn Ásdísardóttir, Felix Lummer, Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir, Katrin Lisa van der Linde Mikaelsdóttir, Júlíana Þóra Magnúsdóttir
Imprint
Trivent Medieval
Book series
Old Norse Studies
Volume no.
1.2
Book series editor(s)
Felix Lummer
ISBN (hardcover)
978-615-6696-81-6
ISBN (paperback)
978-615-6696-82-3
eISBN
978-615-6696-83-0
Publication date
July, 2025
Page numbers
335

Specific References

Assembling a cast of friends, companions, and colleagues, this Festschrift takes the stage as a tribute to Professor Terry Gunnell’s lasting legacy in the studies of folkloristics, Old Norse mythology, and performance. The volumes represent a living script of academic discourse, presenting essays across various scholarly theatres, ranging from pre-Christian Scandinavia to contemporary folklore narratives. This Festschrift takes a bow as a celebration of Terry Gunnell’s far-reaching academic impact and intellectual generosity, bringing together critical analyses of mythological narratives, archaeological perspectives and conceptual thoughts on tradition and its transmission.

Dr. Ingunn Ásdísardóttir, folklorist and independent scholar at The Reykjavík Academy

Dr. Felix Lummer, external lecturer in Old Nordic Religion and Belief at the University of Iceland

Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir, associate research professor at the Arnamagnæan Institute

Dr. Júlíana Þóra Magnúsdóttir, adjunct lecturer in Folkloristics at the University of Iceland

Dr. Katrín Lísa van der Linde Mikaelsdóttir, researcher and project manager at the Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts, University of Iceland

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