In this article, the language of the Old Icelandic riddle collection Heiðreksgátur is studied, paying attention to its tropes (kennings and heiti), humour, and narration techniques. In addition to this, also literary links with other poems of the Poetic Edda are discussed
Riddles are a journey into a fascinating world rich in delightful metaphors and ambiguity. This book...
Despite existing more than 1000 years apart, Old English and Modern Icelandic are closely related la...
The Old Norse Svipdagsmál is a composite piece of eddic poetry which comprises two complementary poe...
I am grateful to Dr Judy Quinn for discussion of the ideas in this paper at an early stage. I have a...
It has been thought that of the forty or so surviving Old Norse riddles, only two have close paralle...
Sagas appeared on Scandinavian scholars' horizons around the seventeenth century, when their narrati...
After providing English translations of the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, Ketils saga hængs and Gríms s...
There is a great deal of long-neglected late- or post-medieval Icelandic literature which has only r...
This paper examines the function and cultural implications of poetry in Egil’s Saga, an Icelandic sa...
Symphosius\u27s Latin Aenigmata and the Old English Exeter Book, although known as two related colle...
The present work investigates the eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál through a theoretical lens constructed by...
The goal of this project is to understand the realities of how magic was perceived during a Christia...
Riddling is a universal phenomenon with a noble and ancient lineage. The Vedas, the Koran, the Old T...
It has been thought that of the forty or so surviving Old Norse riddles, only two have close paralle...
ABSTRACT: The article presents a case study within the recent renaissance of folkloristic approaches...
Riddles are a journey into a fascinating world rich in delightful metaphors and ambiguity. This book...
Despite existing more than 1000 years apart, Old English and Modern Icelandic are closely related la...
The Old Norse Svipdagsmál is a composite piece of eddic poetry which comprises two complementary poe...
I am grateful to Dr Judy Quinn for discussion of the ideas in this paper at an early stage. I have a...
It has been thought that of the forty or so surviving Old Norse riddles, only two have close paralle...
Sagas appeared on Scandinavian scholars' horizons around the seventeenth century, when their narrati...
After providing English translations of the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, Ketils saga hængs and Gríms s...
There is a great deal of long-neglected late- or post-medieval Icelandic literature which has only r...
This paper examines the function and cultural implications of poetry in Egil’s Saga, an Icelandic sa...
Symphosius\u27s Latin Aenigmata and the Old English Exeter Book, although known as two related colle...
The present work investigates the eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál through a theoretical lens constructed by...
The goal of this project is to understand the realities of how magic was perceived during a Christia...
Riddling is a universal phenomenon with a noble and ancient lineage. The Vedas, the Koran, the Old T...
It has been thought that of the forty or so surviving Old Norse riddles, only two have close paralle...
ABSTRACT: The article presents a case study within the recent renaissance of folkloristic approaches...
Riddles are a journey into a fascinating world rich in delightful metaphors and ambiguity. This book...
Despite existing more than 1000 years apart, Old English and Modern Icelandic are closely related la...
The Old Norse Svipdagsmál is a composite piece of eddic poetry which comprises two complementary poe...
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