TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nordvig,Mathias
TI  - Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology: Myth and Environment in Early Iceland 
T2  - Borderlines           
SN  - 9781641892933
AV  - QE522 .N673 2021
U1  - 551.21 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Leeds : 
PB  - ARC Humanities Press, 
KW  - Volcanoes
KW  - Iceland
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Edda
KW  - Old Norse
KW  - Vikings
KW  - eco-humanism
KW  - geo-mythology
KW  - indigenous studies
KW  - mythology
KW  - volcanism
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Old Norse Mythology between Environment and Literature --; Chapter 2. An Indigenous Theory of Volcanism in Iceland --; Chapter 3. Volcanism in Old Norse Cosmogony --; Chapter 4. Volcanoes in the Social Order of Old Norse Mythology --; Chapter 5. Volcanoes as a Cosmological Principle in Old Norse Mythology --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology details how Viking Age Icelanders, migrating from Scandinavia to a new and volcanically active environment, used Old Norse mythology to understand and negotiate the hazards of the island. These pre-Christian myths recorded in medieval Iceland expound an indigenous Icelandic theory on volcanism that revolves around the activities of supernatural beings, such as the fire-demon Surtr and the gods Odin and Thor. Before the Icelanders were introduced to Christianity and its teachings, they formulated an indigenous theory of volcanism on basis of their traditional mythology much like other indigenous peoples across the world
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781641892933?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781641892933
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781641892933/original
ER  -