{"product_id":"old-norse-folklore-9781501773396","title":"Old Norse Folklore","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe medieval northern world consisted of a vast and culturally diverse region both geographically, from roughly Greenland to Novgorod and culturally, as one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eOld Norse Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e explores the complexities of this fascinating world in case studies and theoretical essays that connect orality and performance theory to memory studies, and myths relating to pre-Christian Nordic religion to innovations within late medieval pilgrimage song culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Norse Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e provides critical new perspectives on the Old Norse world, some of which appear in this volume for the first time in English. Stephen A. Mitchell presents emerging methodologies by analyzing Old Norse materials to offer a better understandings ofunderstanding of Old Norse materials. He examines, interprets, and re-interprets the medieval data bequeathed to us by posteritymyths, legends, riddles, charms, court culture, conversion narratives, la\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409376387415,"sku":"9781501773396","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501773396.jpg?v=1730506590","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/old-norse-folklore-9781501773396","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}