The following essay is intended as a contribution to the current reassessment of the rela- tionship of Old Icelandic saga literature to the European mainstream and of the ways of literary tradition in dealing with oral sources.
The King in Disguise: An International Popular Tale in Two Old Icelandic Adaptations
May 27, 2014 By
Approaches to paganism and uses of the pre-Christian past in Geoffrey of Monmouth and Snorri Sturluson
May 5, 2014 By
The dissertation is a comparative analysis of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s and Snorri Sturlusson’s descriptions of paganism and uses of pre-Christian history. What was the function of these pre-Christian narratives, and what apporaches were used by the two authors to construct a complete image of the past, acceptable to their contemporary societies?
The Colors of the Rainbow in Snorri’s Edda
February 4, 2014 By
In the second part of his Edda, the Gylfaginning, Snorri Sturluson gives a systematic account of Norse mythology from the creation of the world to its end.
Nancy Marie Brown: The Song of the Vikings, Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths
November 14, 2013 By
Nancy Marie Brown gives a talk about her recent book The Song of Vikings, Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths
The Danish attacks on London and Southwark in ‘1016’
January 28, 2013 By
This incident has been fatally embroidered by many local historians, taking their cue from various sources, so that the popular accounts have distorted what was already a confusing set of events.
INTERVIEW: Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths
December 13, 2012 By
An interview with author Nancy Brown on her latest medieval offering: “Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths”.
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