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PART ONE: Transforming Paganism

The Norse gods in England and the Isle of Man by Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham)

Elves and Exorcism: Runic and other lead amulets in medieval popular religion by (Rudolf Simek, University of Bonn)

Images of Norse Cosmology by Margaret Clunies Ross (University of Sydney)

PART TWO: Using Poetry

Meeting the Other: The Cases of Kumlbúa þáttr and Draumr Þorsteins Hallsonar by John Lindow (University of California, Berkeley)

Risking one’s Head: Vafþrúðnismál and the Mythic Power of Poetry by Alison Finlay (Birkbeck College, London)

Snorra Edda as Menippean Satire by Rory McTurk (University of Leeds)

PART THREE: Literary Histories

Kings, Bishops and Laws: the Old Norse-Icelandic Version of 1 Maccabees by David Ashurst (University of Durham)

Grendel’s Reign of Terror: From History to Vernacular Epic by Helen Damico (University of New Mexico)

PART FOUR: Motifs and Themes

Sibling Drama: Laterality in the Heroic Poems of the Edda by Carolyne Larrington (St John’s College, Oxford)

Burning Walnuts: An International Motif in the Kings’ Sagas by Joyce Hill (University of Leeds)

A Just and Riding God: Christ’s Movement in The Descent into Hell by Maria Elena Ruggerini (Universita’ di Cagliari)

All at Sea: Beowulf’s Marvellous Swimming by Daniel Anlezark (University of Sydney)

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About the Author

Daniel Anlezark is a senior lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Sydney.

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‘The essays are thought provoking, often quite fascinating, and entertainingly wide ranging… Daniel Anlezark has done a fine job of editing this volume, which is beautifully structured and presented.’
*Speculum vol 89:03:2014*

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