Fidjestøl, Bjarne. Skaldic Poetry and the Conversion

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  • Author: Fidjestøl, Bjarne
  • Title: Skaldic poetry and the conversion. With some reflections on literary form as a source of historical information
  • Published in: Selected Papers
  • Editors: Odd Einar Haugen and Else Mundal
  • Series: The Viking Collection 9
  • Place, Publisher: Odense: Odense University Press
  • Year: 1997
  • Pages: 133-50
  • E-text:
  • Reference: Fidjestøl, Bjarne. "Skaldic poetry and the conversion. With some reflections on literary form as a source of historical information." Transl. Peter Foote. Selected Papers. Eds. Odd Einar Haugen and Else Mundal. The Viking Collection 9. Odense: Odense University Press, 1997, pp. 133–50.

  • Key words: history, religion, poetry (sagnfræði, trúarbrögð, kveðskapur)


Annotation

A discussion of the degrees of religiosity of skaldic poetry connected with Haraldur Fine-Hair and his descendants.

Lýsing

Umræða um trúarleg áhrif í dróttkvæðum sem tengjast Haraldi hárfagra og afkomendum hans.


See also

References

Chapter 62: Vestr fór eg: Höfuðlausn is an example of a poem (concerning Eiríkr blóðøx) with “no religious elements except in kennings and figures of speech” (p. 150).

Links

  • Written by: Jane Appleton
  • Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason