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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Völsunga saga"”.
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WEREWOLVES: THE OUTSIDER ON THE INSIDE IN ICELANDIC AND FRENCH MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
… Through examining two Medieval texts, the Völsunga Saga and Bisclavret, I show that the shape-shifter always had a chance for redemption. It is the actions of the Monster within the culture it originates from that shows it to be an individual that might be recovered from the margins of …
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Fall of the Burgundians. Continuity in Legend and History
… of a legend that would later be known as the Völsunga saga. This fall of the Burgundians event would become a foundational story, with varying traditions, and perhaps the most significant legend in Germanic tradition. The following paper is an attempt to show a continuity in the details and …
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"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul." A functional analysis of fate in Fornaldarsögur
… therefore to challenge the idea of fate in the sagas as only representative of a Pre-Christian belief. Fate has mainly been studied in relationship to this religious aspect, especially in the Fornaldarsögur. Here fate will be considered through a functional approach, in order to question the …