Introduction: Looking across the Baltic Sea and over linguistic fences

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of contents 5
3. List of maps, figures and tables 7
4. Note on alphabetisation 8
5. Preface 9
6. Introduction: Looking across the Baltic Sea and over linguistic fences 11
7. Section 1. Mental maps
8. 1 The northern part of the Ocean in the eyes of ancient geographers 29
9. 2 Austmarr on the mental map of medieval Scandinavians 49
10. 3 The connection between geographical space and collective memory in Jómsvíkinga saga 67
11. Section 2. Mobility
12. 4 Rune carvers traversing Austmarr? 91
13. 5 Polish noble families and noblemen of Scandinavian origin in the eleventh and twelfth centuries 117
14. 6 A medieval trade in female slaves from the north along the Volga 129
15. Section 3. Language
16. 7 Ahti on the Nydam strap-ring 147
17. 8 Low German and Finnish revisited 173
18. Section 4. Myth and religion formation
19. 9 Mythic logic and meta-discursive practices in the Scandinavian and Baltic regions 187
20. 10 The artificial bride on both sides of the Gulf of Finland 211
21. 11 Local Sámi bear ceremonialism in a Circum-Baltic perspective 235
22. 12 Mythologies in transformation 263
23. Contributors 289
24. Indices 291