In medieval literature monstrous bodies form an integral part of the supernatural. Some are simply used as foils for the hero, some may trigger fear, others trigger a feeling of the uncanny. The latter ones most often appear in the shape of metamorphosing bodies, transformers, displaying the horror and wonder of unstable corporeal boundaries. Old Icelandic saga literature, with its high density of supernatural elements, provides numerous accounts of bodily transformation. This thesis discusses three somatically unstable figures, Fáfnir from Völsunga saga, Ögmundr from Örvar-Odds saga, and Glámr from Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar. They all are prone to change and to exceed common limits of the monstrous. Those transformers are no mere narrative...
This project examines the figures of Hervör and Þornbjörg from the perspective of their martial acti...
In Beowulf, the Eddas, and the Icelandic sagas, as in the literature of ancient Mesopotamia, the nat...
Medieval Icelandic literature is rich with animal references. We often read of characters appearing ...
In medieval literature monstrous bodies form an integral part of the supernatural. Some are simply u...
Thesis Abstract. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Old English and Old Icelandic literary e...
Thesis Abstract. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Old English and Old Icelandic literary exa...
Thesis Abstract. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Old English and Old Icelandic literary e...
This thesis addresses the incorporation of mythological patterns, characters, and motifs in selected...
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelan...
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelan...
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelan...
The discussion of the Nordic saga corpus has focused mainly on the theoretical analysis of its narra...
Bárðar saga is an intriguing yet puzzling text, which chronicles the life of the blendingr (half-tro...
This thesis explores male and female identity in Old Norse and British iterations of the Völsung leg...
This thesis is a study of animal shape-shifting in Old Norse culture, considering, among other thing...
This project examines the figures of Hervör and Þornbjörg from the perspective of their martial acti...
In Beowulf, the Eddas, and the Icelandic sagas, as in the literature of ancient Mesopotamia, the nat...
Medieval Icelandic literature is rich with animal references. We often read of characters appearing ...
In medieval literature monstrous bodies form an integral part of the supernatural. Some are simply u...
Thesis Abstract. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Old English and Old Icelandic literary e...
Thesis Abstract. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Old English and Old Icelandic literary exa...
Thesis Abstract. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Old English and Old Icelandic literary e...
This thesis addresses the incorporation of mythological patterns, characters, and motifs in selected...
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelan...
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelan...
Dragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelan...
The discussion of the Nordic saga corpus has focused mainly on the theoretical analysis of its narra...
Bárðar saga is an intriguing yet puzzling text, which chronicles the life of the blendingr (half-tro...
This thesis explores male and female identity in Old Norse and British iterations of the Völsung leg...
This thesis is a study of animal shape-shifting in Old Norse culture, considering, among other thing...
This project examines the figures of Hervör and Þornbjörg from the perspective of their martial acti...
In Beowulf, the Eddas, and the Icelandic sagas, as in the literature of ancient Mesopotamia, the nat...
Medieval Icelandic literature is rich with animal references. We often read of characters appearing ...