Old Norse myths as political ideologies: critical studies in the appropriation of medieval…
by Fiske Icelandic Collection, Universität Basel., Departement Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften, Université de Lausanne., Institut religion, culture et modernité, Old Norse Myth and völkisch Ideology (Conference), Augst, Switzerland)
"The mythology of the Norse world has long been a source of fascination, from the first written texts of thirteenth-century Iceland up to the modern period. Most studies, however, have focused on the content of the narratives themselves, rather than the broader political context…