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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
SCRIPTA ISLANDICA 65, 2014 – Jómsvíkinga Saga
SCRIPTA ISLANDICA 65, 2014 – Jómsvíkinga SagaScripta Islandica: Isländska sällskapets årsbok, ISSN 0582-3234 ; 65
Hesiod and Hávamál: Transitions and the Transmission of Wisdom
Hesiod and Hávamál: Transitions and the Transmission of WisdomLilah 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…