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Contents

© 2017 University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, Alberta

© 2017 University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, Alberta

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents iv
  3. Introduction viii
  4. PART I ANCIENT ROOTS The Menace and the Divine
  5. 1 In Jewish Lore, Not Only Evil Descends From the North 1
  6. 2 The Realm of the North in Ancient Greek Proverbs 25
  7. 3 The Ancient Greek Myth of Hyperborea 39
  8. PART II FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
  9. 4 Monstra septentrionalia 55
  10. 5 From Eiríkr the Red to Trolls in the Wilderness 77
  11. 6 Winter’s Flesh 95
  12. 7 The Supernatural Image of Iceland in Johannes Kepler’s Somnium (1634) 109
  13. PART III THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  14. 8 Imagining the Celtic North 131
  15. 9 Mesmerism and Victorian Arctic Exploration 149
  16. 10 Myths of Iceland and Mount Hekla and their Deconstruction 165
  17. 11 Moon Men and Inland Dwellers 185
  18. PART IV CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES
  19. 12 A Distant Northern Land 205
  20. 13 The Idea of North 217
  21. 14 The Elf in Self 235
  22. 15 A Blaze in the Northern Sky 251
  23. 16 Men, Women, and Shamans 275
  24. Contributors 293
  25. Index 299
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents iv
  3. Introduction viii
  4. PART I ANCIENT ROOTS The Menace and the Divine
  5. 1 In Jewish Lore, Not Only Evil Descends From the North 1
  6. 2 The Realm of the North in Ancient Greek Proverbs 25
  7. 3 The Ancient Greek Myth of Hyperborea 39
  8. PART II FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
  9. 4 Monstra septentrionalia 55
  10. 5 From Eiríkr the Red to Trolls in the Wilderness 77
  11. 6 Winter’s Flesh 95
  12. 7 The Supernatural Image of Iceland in Johannes Kepler’s Somnium (1634) 109
  13. PART III THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
  14. 8 Imagining the Celtic North 131
  15. 9 Mesmerism and Victorian Arctic Exploration 149
  16. 10 Myths of Iceland and Mount Hekla and their Deconstruction 165
  17. 11 Moon Men and Inland Dwellers 185
  18. PART IV CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES
  19. 12 A Distant Northern Land 205
  20. 13 The Idea of North 217
  21. 14 The Elf in Self 235
  22. 15 A Blaze in the Northern Sky 251
  23. 16 Men, Women, and Shamans 275
  24. Contributors 293
  25. Index 299
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