Research Catalog

Title

Vafþrúðnismál / edited, with an introduction and notes, by Tim William Machan.

Publication

Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, c2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Machan, Tim William
• University of Durham. Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Description

142 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Probably composed at the height of the Viking Age, Vafrunismal recounts how one day the mysterious and powerful god Ooinn visits the hall of an ancient giant named Vafprunismal. There, with their heads wagered over the outcome, the two engage in a wisdom contest about how the world was created, who inhabits it, and what will come of it when the gods and giants battle one last time at the world-ending Ragnarok. The qualities that popular imagination sees in the Vikingsbravery, courage, and cunning - are the very qualities that the two adversaries display in their deadly game. By the time the game ends, and the poem with it, the reader has witnessed a vista not only of the terror and mystery of medieval Scandinavia but of its beauty as well."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Durham medieval and renaissance texts, 1758-0331 ; 1

Uniform Title

Durham medieval and renaissance texts 1.

Subject

• Eddas
• Mythology, Norse
• Eddas > History and criticism
• Old Norse poetry > History and criticism
• Mythologie nordique
• Eddas > Histoire et critique
• Poésie vieux norroise > Histoire et critique

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Text in Old Norse. Includes introduction in English.
• Co-published by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-121) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780888445612 (pbk.)
• 088844561X

LCCN

^^2008425617

OCLC

243916512

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library