Contents

 

 

Illustrations

 

Preface

 

Introduction: “Edda 2000”

 

1. “The Founding of Miðgarðr (Vgluspá 1–8)” [tr. Paul Acker]

Lars Lönnroth

 

2. “Gunnlǫð and the Precious Mead” [tr. Katrina Attwood] [Hávamál]

Svava Jakobsdόttir

 

3. Vafþrúðnismál and Grímnismál: Cosmic History, Cosmic Geography“

Carolyne Larrington

 

4. “Cursing with the Thistle: ‘Skírnismál’ 31, 6–8, and OE Metrical Charm 9, 16–17“

Joseph Harris

 

5. Hárbarðsljόð as Generic Farce”

Carol Clover

 

6. “Þorr’s Fishing Expedition” [Hymiskviða] [tr. Kirsten Williams]

Preben Meulengracht Sørensen

 

7. “Form and Content in Lokasenna: A Re-evaluation”

Philip N. Anderson

 

8. “Loki’s Mythological Function in the Tripartite System” [Lokasenna]

Jerold C. Frakes

 

9. “Reading Þrymskviða”

Margaret Clunies Ross

 

10. “The Context of Vǫlundarkviða”

John McKinnell

 

11. “Dwarf-lore in Alvíssmál”

Faul Acker

 

12. Rígsþula: Some Medieval Christian Analogues”

Thomas D. Hill

 

13. “Dialogue with a vǫlva: Vǫluspá, Baldrs draumar and Hyndluljόð

Judy Quinn

 

General Bibliography

 

Contributors

 

Index