The Grave Mound of a Saga Hero : A Case Study in Context and ‘Continuity’ between Grettis saga and Modern Folklore

ABSTRACT: The article presents a case study within the recent renaissance of folkloristic approaches to Old Norse-Icelandic religious history and saga literature. It undertakes a comparative analysis of medieval literary and recent local traditions about the burial of Ǫnundr Wooden-Foot, who was the...

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Main Author: Egeler, Matthias 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. 2022
In: Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
Year: 2022, Volume: 74, Pages: 705-725
Further subjects:B Saga topography
B Comparative Analysis
B Ǫnundr tréfótr
B narrative distance
B local traditions
B Kaldbaksdalur
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