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The New Faith vs. The Undead: Christmas Showdowns
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Kent Pettit
Abstract
Grettis saga and Eyrbyggja saga present sinister reanimated corpses that could represent for Icelanders the last vestiges of paganism. Their Christmastime appearances might also indicate opposition to Christ’s nativity. This article examines these “zombie apocalypses” and attempts to answer questions raised by the reappearance of the dead.
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Abstract
Grettis saga and Eyrbyggja saga present sinister reanimated corpses that could represent for Icelanders the last vestiges of paganism. Their Christmastime appearances might also indicate opposition to Christ’s nativity. This article examines these “zombie apocalypses” and attempts to answer questions raised by the reappearance of the dead.
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- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: The Paranormal Encounter 1
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Part I: Experiencing the Paranormal
- “I See Dead People”: The Externalization of Paranormal Experience in Medieval Iceland 9
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Haunted Saga Homesteads, Climate Fluctuations, and the Vulnerable Self 21
- Happy Endings: The (Para)Normality of Miracles 39
- Þórgunna’s Dinner and Other Medieval Liminal Meals: Food as Mediator between this World and the Hereafter 49
- A Troll Did It?: Trauma as a Paranormal State in the Íslendingasögur 71
- Traversing the Uncanny Valley: Glámr in Narratological Space 89
- On the Threshold: The Liminality of Doorways 109
- The Burial of Body Parts in Old Icelandic Grágás 131
- Paranormal Prose: “Para-Narrative” and Ice in the Icelandic Sagas 151
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Part II: Figures of the Paranormal
- Encounters with Hliðskjálf in Old Norse Mythology 175
- “Ok flýgr þat jafnan”: Icelandic Figurations of Böðvarr bjarki’s Monster 193
- Demons, Muslims, Wrestling Champions: The Semantic History of Blámenn from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century 203
- The New Faith vs. The Undead: Christmas Showdowns 227
- Following up on Female fylgjur: A Re-Examination of the Concept of Female fylgjur in Old Icelandic Literature 245
- Dólgr í byggðinni: Meeting the Social Monster in the Sagas of Icelanders 263
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Part III: Literature and the Paranormal
- Even a Henchman Can Dream: Dreaming at the Margins in Brennu-Njáls saga 279
- A Normal Relationship?: Jarl Hákon and Þorgerðr Hǫlgabrúðr in Icelandic Literary Context 295
- Priest Ketill’s Journey to Rome 311
- “Darraðarljóð” and Its Context within Njáls saga: Sorcery, Vision, Leizla? 327
- Paranormal Tendencies in the Sagas: A Discussion about Genre 347
- Reading the Landscape in Grettis saga: Þórhallur, the meinvættur, and Glámur 367
- Trolling Guðmundr: Paranormal Defamation in Ljósvetninga saga 395
- “Meir af viel en karlmennsku”: Monstrous Masculinity in Viktors saga ok Blávus 421
- Index 433
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: The Paranormal Encounter 1
-
Part I: Experiencing the Paranormal
- “I See Dead People”: The Externalization of Paranormal Experience in Medieval Iceland 9
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: Haunted Saga Homesteads, Climate Fluctuations, and the Vulnerable Self 21
- Happy Endings: The (Para)Normality of Miracles 39
- Þórgunna’s Dinner and Other Medieval Liminal Meals: Food as Mediator between this World and the Hereafter 49
- A Troll Did It?: Trauma as a Paranormal State in the Íslendingasögur 71
- Traversing the Uncanny Valley: Glámr in Narratological Space 89
- On the Threshold: The Liminality of Doorways 109
- The Burial of Body Parts in Old Icelandic Grágás 131
- Paranormal Prose: “Para-Narrative” and Ice in the Icelandic Sagas 151
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Part II: Figures of the Paranormal
- Encounters with Hliðskjálf in Old Norse Mythology 175
- “Ok flýgr þat jafnan”: Icelandic Figurations of Böðvarr bjarki’s Monster 193
- Demons, Muslims, Wrestling Champions: The Semantic History of Blámenn from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century 203
- The New Faith vs. The Undead: Christmas Showdowns 227
- Following up on Female fylgjur: A Re-Examination of the Concept of Female fylgjur in Old Icelandic Literature 245
- Dólgr í byggðinni: Meeting the Social Monster in the Sagas of Icelanders 263
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Part III: Literature and the Paranormal
- Even a Henchman Can Dream: Dreaming at the Margins in Brennu-Njáls saga 279
- A Normal Relationship?: Jarl Hákon and Þorgerðr Hǫlgabrúðr in Icelandic Literary Context 295
- Priest Ketill’s Journey to Rome 311
- “Darraðarljóð” and Its Context within Njáls saga: Sorcery, Vision, Leizla? 327
- Paranormal Tendencies in the Sagas: A Discussion about Genre 347
- Reading the Landscape in Grettis saga: Þórhallur, the meinvættur, and Glámur 367
- Trolling Guðmundr: Paranormal Defamation in Ljósvetninga saga 395
- “Meir af viel en karlmennsku”: Monstrous Masculinity in Viktors saga ok Blávus 421
- Index 433
