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dc.contributor.authorMcGillivray, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-21T20:59:49Z
dc.date.available2019-01-21T20:59:49Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationMcGillivray, Andrew. Influences of Pre-Christian Mythology and Christianity on Old Norse Poetry: A Narrative Study of Vafþrúðnismál. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, 2018.en_US
dc.identifier.issn978-1-58044-336-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10680/1615
dc.description"This book began as a doctoral thesis at the University of Iceland in the Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies (Íslensku- og menningardeild)."en_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract: In this study, McGillivray explores the cultural environment in which the Eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál was composed and reexamines the relationship between form and content in the poem and the respective influences of pre-Christian beliefs and Christian religion on the text. The poem has a dual aspect, acting as a poetic framework and functioning as a sacred story. It serves both as a representation of early pagan beliefs or myths and also as a myth itself, relating the journey of the Norse god Óðinn to the hall of the ancient and wise giant Vafþrúðnir, where Óðinn craftily engages his adversary in a life-or-death contest in knowledge. The dialogue continues to captivate those enthusiastic about myth and history in the present, even as it did the medieval audiences who heard it.en_US
dc.description.sponsorship"I am grateful for the funding which made this possible, provided by the Icelandic Centre for Research (Rannís) from their Icelandic Research fund."en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/511964
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMedieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan Universityen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNorthern Medieval World
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectOld Norse mythologyen_US
dc.subjectEddic poetryen_US
dc.subjectTimeen_US
dc.subjectPaganismen_US
dc.subjectChristianityen_US
dc.subjectMedieval studiesen_US
dc.titleInfluences of Pre-Christian Mythology and Christianity on Old Norse Poetry: A Narrative Study of Vafþrúðnismálen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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