Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. Old Norse Mythology between Environment and Literature 5
5. Chapter 2. An Indigenous Theory of Volcanism in Iceland 33
6. Chapter 3. Volcanism in Old Norse Cosmogony 55
7. Chapter 4. Volcanoes in the Social Order of Old Norse Mythology 73
8. Chapter 5. Volcanoes as a Cosmological Principle in Old Norse Mythology 119
9. Bibliography 137
10. Index. 153