Lassen, Annette,

Odin's ways : a guide to the pagan god in medieval literature / Annette Lassen ; translated from Danish by Helen F. Lesley-Jacobsen and Margaret Cormack. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. - 1 online resource (1 volume)

The reception of Odin in research -- Excursus : the vocabulary of 'myth' in an Old Norse/Icelandic context -- Odin and the Roman gods in early Latin texts and Old Norse/Icelandic translations -- The ecclesiastical explanations of paganism -- Odin in various Old Norse/Icelandic genres -- Odin in the contemporary saga Sturlunga saga -- Odin in the courtly romances (riddarasögur) -- Odin in kings' sagas (konungasögur) -- Odin in the legendary sagas (fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda) -- Odin in Skaldic poetry -- Odin in the Gesta Danorum -- Odin in Ynglinga saga -- Odin in Snorri's Edda -- Odin in the Eddic poems.

"This book is about the Old Norse god Odin. It includes references to all occurrences of Odin in the Old Norse/Icelandic texts, including Saxo's Gesta Danorum, the eddic poems, Snorri's Edda, and Ynglinga saga and analyses the high medieval reception and literary representations of Odin"--

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Odin (Norse deity) --In literature.
Saxo, Grammaticus, -approximately 1204. Gesta Danorum.


Old Norse prose literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--Scandinavian.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Books & Reading.

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