In this paper we utilize evolutionary theory, anthropological data, and historical sources to
explore how marriage practices shaped social behaviours and attitudes towards gender in …

This article focuses on contextualizing the Sami (finnar) representations in Old Norse saga
literature. The purpose is to show that the Sami representations reflect multi-layered Old …

The twenty-nine poems of the Old Norse Poetic Edda are among the most enigmatic poetry
of the European Middle Ages. The Eddic poems fall into two types: heroic and mythological …

This paper offers an in-depth exploration of a group of small Viking Age figurines commonly
referred to as 'valkyries' in Viking and Old Norse scholarship. After presenting an overview of …

Vǫluspáand in Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginningis the quickening to life of the first humans,
named Askr and Embla, generally understood as “ash tree” and “elm”(or “vine”), from logs …

Curious about the chains that bound Fenriswulf in Norse mythology? Or the hut of Baba
Yaga, the infamous witch of Russian folklore? Containing more than one thousand detailed …

This paper reassesses the relationship between Beowulf and the legendary tradition that
existed prior to its composition. Through wide-ranging comparative analysis, it identifies …

The eddas and sagas are literary works written in Iceland in the 13th and 14th centuries but
incorporating memories preserved orally from preliterate times of (a) Norse myths, in prose …

But these distinctions don't always work. Rhyme is admittedly rare in eddic poetry, but there
are instances of both end rhyme and internal rhyme in the poems in the Codex Regius …

This paper investigates the materiality and symbolic significance of a recently emerging
group of Viking Age miniature pendants decorated with nine studs. Artefacts that make up …