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The Lost Literature of Medieval Iceland

The Lost Literature of Medieval Iceland: Sagas of Icelanders Judith Jesch PhD Thesis, University College London (1984).   Click here to read this thesis at Academia.edu

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Hesiod and Hávamál: Transitions and the Transmission of Wisdom

Hesiod and Hávamál: Transitions and the Transmission of Wisdom

Lilah Grace Canevaro

Oral Tradition Volume 29, Number 1

This article offers fresh insights into Hesiod’s Works and Days by comparing it with the Eddic Hávamál, a didactic poem far removed in terms of geography and date, but compellingly close in subject matter, construction, and transmission. It finds parallels between the poems in…

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