Is There a Doctor on Vopnafjord?

2026/03/18 by Yoav Tirosh · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Historical Studies of British Isles #Historical and Archaeological Studies #Medieval Literature and History

paper · pdf · doi:10.29173/scancan285

openalex publication_date 2026/03/18 · openalex created_date 2026/03/20 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

This article focuses on Vápnfirðinga saga (The saga of the people of Weapons’ Fjord), a somewhat less discussed member of the so-called Íslendingasögur. It will be argued that disability, health and embodied difference are in fact not only of interest to the author, but an organizing theme for the narrative as a whole. The article is structured around the plot’s advancement rather than thematically, a choice meant to show the discursive and practical development of attitudes towards embodied difference within the text.

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