Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Title Page
• About this book
• A Guide to Pronouncing Old Norse
• List of Illustrations
• 1 The Sources of Norse Mythology
• Archaeological Evidence
• Runic Inscriptions and Picture Stones
• Written Sources
• Conclusion
• Case Study: Thor and the Miðgarðsormr
• 2 The Gods on the Ground: Religious Culture as a Background to Pagan Myth
• The Germanic Context
• The Gods of the Norsemen
• Identifying the Norse Gods in the Archaeological Record
• Ritual: The Gods in Practice
• Conclusion
• 3 Myths in the Viking Age: Norway, Iceland and Beyond, c. 850–950
• The Mythic Father of Old Norse Poetry
• Myths Fit for a King
• The Fashion for Valhalla
• Egill’s Sonatorrek
• Conclusion
• 4 The Twilight of the Gods: The Age of Religious Conflict in Norway, c. 950–1000
• Earl Hákon and State Paganism
• Sex and Sacral Kingship
• The Creation of Mythic Narratives
• The End of the Pagan World?
• Conclusion
• 5 Pagan Myths under Conversion: Norway and Iceland, c. 980–1000
• The Christian King and His Pagan Poet
• The Conversion of Iceland
• Conclusion
• 6 The Rebirth of Norse Mythology: Denmark and Iceland, c. 1150–1350
• Myth and History in Saxo And Snorri
• The Authorized Version: Snorri Sturluson’s Edda
• The Creation of The Poetic Edda
• Conclusion: And What Came Next?
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• eCopyright