Translating and Retranslating the Poetic Edda

Larrington, Carolyne

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“…This study shows how the combination of ancient genomics, isotope analyses and archaeology can contribute to the rewriting of our understanding of social organization concerning gender, mobility and occupation patterns in past societies. Then the high‐born lady saw them play the wounding game , she resolved on a hard course and flung off her cloak; she took a naked sword and fought for her kinsmen's lives , she was handy at fighting, wherever she aimed her blows .The Greenlandic Poem of Atli (st. 49) (Larrington, 1996) …”

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A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics

Hedenstierna-Jonson

Kjellström

Zachrisson

et al. 2017

American J Phys Anthropol

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ObjectivesThe objective of this study has been to confirm the sex and the affinity of an individual buried in a well‐furnished warrior grave (Bj 581) in the Viking Age town of Birka, Sweden. Previously, based on the material and historical records, the male sex has been associated with the gender of the warrior and such was the case with Bj 581. An earlier osteological classification of the individual as female was considered controversial in a historical and archaeological context. A genomic confirmation of the biological sex of the individual was considered necessary to solve the issue.Materials and methodsGenome‐wide sequence data was generated in order to confirm the biological sex, to support skeletal integrity, and to investigate the genetic relationship of the individual to ancient individuals as well as modern‐day groups. Additionally, a strontium isotope analysis was conducted to highlight the mobility of the individual.ResultsThe genomic results revealed the lack of a Y‐chromosome and thus a female biological sex, and the mtDNA analyses support a single‐individual origin of sampled elements. The genetic affinity is close to present‐day North Europeans, and within Sweden to the southern and south‐central region. Nevertheless, the Sr values are not conclusive as to whether she was of local or nonlocal origin.DiscussionThe identification of a female Viking warrior provides a unique insight into the Viking society, social constructions, and exceptions to the norm in the Viking time‐period. The results call for caution against generalizations regarding social orders in past societies.

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A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics

Hedenstierna-Jonson

Kjellström

Zachrisson

et al. 2017

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…Her death is described in A Short Poem about Sigurd, 5 “Dead were her maids and the ladies of her hall/She put on a golden mail-coat – her intention was not good/Before she pierced herself with the edge of the sword.” The first line indicates that her close companions completed suicide in solidarity, and then Brynhildr stabbed herself. After the wounding but before dying, she instructed that her body was to be burned on a pyre.…”

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“…Available, authentic versions of the Poetic Edda 5 and The Kalevala 6 were examined for examples of suicide; evidence was obtained regarding the influence of these texts on subsequent culture and politics, and reflections of these suicides in artistic activities was gathered from a range or sources.…”

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Suicide in Old Norse and Finnish Folk Stories

Pridmore

Ahmadi

Majeed

2011

Australas Psychiatry

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“…El relato más explícito lo han transmitido tanto la Antigua Edda del Codex Regius, datado hacia 1090 (Larrington, 1999), cuanto la versión en prosa denominada Edda de Snorri Stuluson, del año 1220 (Dillmann, 1991). Según este mito germánico, dos fieros lobos, Hati 'Odio' y su hemano Skoll 'Repulsión', hijos del gigantesco y terrible lobo Fenrir (Larrington, 1999: 57), perseguían a las diosas Sól 'Sol' y Mani 'Luna', que cruzan el cielo sin cesar montadas en sus carros celestes para iluminar la bóveda celeste y marcar el tiempo.…”

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Tésera celtibérica con “lobo cenital” procedente de Burgos

Gorbea

Gómez

Ibáñez³

2018

BARQ

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Resumen: Se presenta aquí una nueva tésera de hospitalidad celtibérica de bronce en forma de lobo en perspectiva cenital. No se sabe con seguridad el lugar de hallazgo de la pieza, pero parece proceder de la provincia de Burgos, lo que parece confirmar su análisis estilístico. Aunque la autenticidad del documento es, por tanto, problemática, sin duda la pieza merece al menos ser objeto del conocimiento por parte de la comunidad científica en razón de su texto celtibérico, USEITiO : MAGoNIOCuM : CaR, y su sugerente iconografía, que pudiera relacionarse con un mito celta del final del mundo, conocido como el mito del "Lobo que devora al Sol" documentado en diversas monedas celtas y en la mitología germánica en los Edda de Islandia. Su estilo y sus paralelos permiten datar esta tésera circa 75-50 a.C. Palabras clave: Celtibérico, tésera de hospitalidad, epigrafía, lobo cenital, mitología. Abstract:A new Celtiberian tessera hospitalis or inscription of hospitality is presented here. The document is of unknown origin, but it could come from the province of Burgos (Spain), what seems to confirm his stylistic analysis. Although the authenticity of this document is questionable, the piece merits consideration by the scientific community due to its Celtiberian text, USEITiO : MAGoNIOCuM : CaR, and its suggestive iconography, probably related to a Celtic myth BSAA arqueología, LXXXIII, 2017, pp. 157-185.

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Translating and Retranslating the Poetic Edda

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A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics

A female Viking warrior confirmed by genomics

Suicide in Old Norse and Finnish Folk Stories

Tésera celtibérica con “lobo cenital” procedente de Burgos

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