Myth, Magic, and Memory in Early Scandinavian Narrative Culture: Studies in Honour of Stephen A. Mitchell by Jürg Glauser and Pernille Hermann

A collection of 26 scholarly articles, 'Myth, Magic, and Memory in Early Scandinavian Narrative Culture,' explores the intersection of myth, legend, magic, folklore, memory, and reception in early Scandinavian narrative traditions. The volume, edited by Jürg Glauser and Pernille Hermann, honors Stephen A. Mitchell's contributions to the field, offering new interpretations of eddic poems such as Rígsþula, Oddrúnargrátr, Vǫluspá, and Skírnismál. It also examines how memories of the past were preserved through artefacts, landscapes, and buildings, like the cathedral at Trondheim, and traces foreign influences in Scandinavia during the early modern period, including the spread of Lutheran eschatology in murals and the dissemination of literary and philosophical ideas from places like Visby, a Hanseatic town on Gotland. The research employs close textual analysis, comparative methodology, and historical contextualization to shed light on these themes.

Braithwaite-Westoby, M. (2022). Myth, Magic, and Memory in Early Scandinavian Narrative Culture: Studies in Honour of Stephen A. Mitchell by Jürg Glauser and Pernille Hermann. Parergon, 39(1), 241–242. https://doi.org/10.1353/pgn.2022.0025