Snorri Sturluson qua Fulcrum : Perspectives on the Cultural Activity of Myth, Mythological Poetry and Narrative in Medieval Iceland
The present paper constructs an overview of Snorri Sturluson’s impact, through Edda, on the cultural activity of mythology in vernacular poetries and narration. General evidence of impacts on eddic and skaldic poetries (§1) provides a frame for a series of illustrative examples, beginning with the r...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/42043 2024-01-07T09:44:11+01:00 Snorri Sturluson qua Fulcrum : Perspectives on the Cultural Activity of Myth, Mythological Poetry and Narrative in Medieval Iceland Frog, Etunimetön Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies Folklore 2013-11-20T11:47:01Z 28 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/42043 eng eng GLOSSA - THE SOCIETY FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES IN FINLAND Frog , E 2011 , ' Snorri Sturluson qua Fulcrum : Perspectives on the Cultural Activity of Myth, Mythological Poetry and Narrative in Medieval Iceland ' , Mirator , vol. 12 , pp. 1-28 . < http://www.glossa.fi/mirator/index_en.html > ORCID: /0000-0001-5967-6281/work/29751464 fd91a100-3ace-4ad5-958f-66118de04ab2 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/42043 openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article publishedVersion 2013 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:13:33Z The present paper constructs an overview of Snorri Sturluson’s impact, through Edda, on the cultural activity of mythology in vernacular poetries and narration. General evidence of impacts on eddic and skaldic poetries (§1) provides a frame for a series of illustrative examples, beginning with the relatively unequivocal cases of Lokrur (§2) and the late stanzas added to Baldrs draumar (§3). However, the kenning ‘mud of the eagle’ clearly indicates Snorri’s reception in a contemporary context (§4), opening a threepart survey of cumulative evidence of influence on Lokasenna (§5–7). The possibility of influence as a model for Þrymskviða’s composition is suggested (§8), which would have analogues in saga prose (§9). Although details may be equivocated, Edda nevertheless emerges as a (sometimes contested) voice of authority in medieval Icelandic mythological discourses. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Fulcrum ENVELOPE(161.117,161.117,-78.033,-78.033) |
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The present paper constructs an overview of Snorri Sturluson’s impact, through Edda, on the cultural activity of mythology in vernacular poetries and narration. General evidence of impacts on eddic and skaldic poetries (§1) provides a frame for a series of illustrative examples, beginning with the relatively unequivocal cases of Lokrur (§2) and the late stanzas added to Baldrs draumar (§3). However, the kenning ‘mud of the eagle’ clearly indicates Snorri’s reception in a contemporary context (§4), opening a threepart survey of cumulative evidence of influence on Lokasenna (§5–7). The possibility of influence as a model for Þrymskviða’s composition is suggested (§8), which would have analogues in saga prose (§9). Although details may be equivocated, Edda nevertheless emerges as a (sometimes contested) voice of authority in medieval Icelandic mythological discourses. Peer reviewed |
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Snorri Sturluson qua Fulcrum : Perspectives on the Cultural Activity of Myth, Mythological Poetry and Narrative in Medieval Iceland |
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Snorri Sturluson qua Fulcrum : Perspectives on the Cultural Activity of Myth, Mythological Poetry and Narrative in Medieval Iceland |
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Snorri Sturluson qua Fulcrum : Perspectives on the Cultural Activity of Myth, Mythological Poetry and Narrative in Medieval Iceland |
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Frog , E 2011 , ' Snorri Sturluson qua Fulcrum : Perspectives on the Cultural Activity of Myth, Mythological Poetry and Narrative in Medieval Iceland ' , Mirator , vol. 12 , pp. 1-28 . < http://www.glossa.fi/mirator/index_en.html > ORCID: /0000-0001-5967-6281/work/29751464 fd91a100-3ace-4ad5-958f-66118de04ab2 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/42043 |
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