Volcanoes in Old Norse mythology : myth and environment in early Iceland /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nordvig, Mathias.
Imprint:	Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2021.
Description:	1 online resource (172 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	ARC - Borderlines Borderlines (Leeds, England)
Subject:	Volcanoes -- Iceland -- History. Volcanoes. Iceland. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13457408

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9781641892933 1641892935 9781641892926 1641892927
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed March 18, 2021)
Summary:	Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology' details how Viking Age Icelanders, migrating from Scandinavia to a new and volcanically active environment, used Old Norse mythology to understand and negotiate the hazards of the island. These pre-Christian myths recorded in medieval Iceland expound an indigenous Icelandic theory on volcanism that revolves around the activities of supernatural beings, such as the fire-demon Surtr and the gods Odin and Thor. Before the Icelanders were introduced to Christianity and its teachings, they formulated an indigenous theory of volcanism on basis of their traditional mythology much like other indigenous peoples across the world.0.

Similar Items