Margins, monsters, deviants: alterities in old Norse literature and cultureThis anthology explores depictions of alterity, monstrosity and deviation in medieval Icelandic literature, Scandinavian history, and beyond. The authors explore issues of identity, genre, character and text and the interplay between … Weiterlesen
Monsters in society: alterity, transgression, and the use of the past in Medieval IcelandDragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore, the general teratological focus on physical monstrosity yields only … Weiterlesen
Passives and Middles in Mainland Scandinavian: Microvariation Through ExponencyThis monograph explores the properties of passive and middle voice constructions in Norwegian and Swedish, concentrating on the linguistic variation related to these two constructions in Mainland Scandinavian. At an empirical level, … Weiterlesen
In zwei Teilen befasst sich der „Myths and Legends“-Podcast mit Grettir, „who, whether it’s by berserkers crashing his Christmas party, bears stealing his clothes, or his own obscene insult poetry, just can’t catch a break.„Teil 1: „Good for Nothing„Teil 2: … Weiterlesen
„Jahrhunderte haben die Erzählungen dänischer und norwegischer Seefahrer überlebt. Nach der Entdeckung Islands wurden die Sagas auch auf der eisigen Insel von Mund zu Mund weitergereicht. Später erst wurden die Abenteuer- und Heldengeschichten aufgeschrieben – und gerieten dann in Vergessenheit. … Weiterlesen
The sagas of Norwegian kings (1130–1265): an introductionIn The Sagas of Norwegian Kings (1130–1265), Theodore M. Andersson offers an orientation to the category of Icelandic sagas known as „kings‘ sagas,“ a genre of Old Norse-Icelandic prose literature less known than … Weiterlesen
The syntax of mainland ScandinavianThis book explores the syntactic structures of Mainland Scandinavian, a term that covers the Northern Germanic languages spoken in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and parts of Finland. The continuum of mutually intelligible standard languages, regional varieties, and … Weiterlesen