Enigma Variations:Hervarar saga’sWave-Riddles and Supernatural Women in Old Norse Poetic Tradition

2013/04/01 by H. Jackson Burrows · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · #Historical and Archaeological Studies #Medieval Literature and History #Linguistics and language evolution

paper · doi:10.5406/jenglgermphil.112.2.0194

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Abstract

I am grateful to Dr Judy Quinn for discussion of the ideas in this paper at an early stage. I have also benefitted greatly from the feedback from various audiences who have heard earlier versions, in particular that of the Scandinavian Studies seminar, University College London.

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