Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. TRANSFORMING PAGANISM
6. The Norse Gods in England and the Isle of Man 11
7. Elves and Exorcism: Runic and Other Lead Amulets in Medieval Popular Religion 25
8. Images of Norse Cosmology 53
9. USING POETRY
10. Meeting the Other: The Cases of Draumr Þorsteins Síðu-Hallssonar and Kumlbúa þáttr 77
11. Risking One’s Head: Vafþrúðnismál and the Mythic Power of Poetry 91
12. Snorra Edda as Menippean Satire 109
13. LITERARY HISTORIES
14. Kings, Bishops, and Laws: The Old Norse–Icelandic Version of 1 Maccabees 133
15. Grendel’s Reign of Terror: From History to Vernacular Epic 148
16. MOTIFS AND THEMES
17. Sibling Drama: Laterality in the Heroic Poems of the Edda 169
18. Burning Walnuts: An International Motif in the Kings’ Sagas 188
19. A Just and Riding God: Christ’s Movement in The Descent into Hell 206
20. All at Sea: Beowulf’s Marvellous Swimming 225
21. Bibliography 243
22. Index 269