Iceland imagined [[electronic resource] ] : nature, culture, and storytelling in the North Atlantic / / Karen Oslund ; foreword by William Cronon
| Iceland imagined [[electronic resource] ] : nature, culture, and storytelling in the North Atlantic / / Karen Oslund ; foreword by William Cronon |
| Autore | Oslund Karen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 949.12 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CrononWilliam |
| Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Iceland
Natural history - Iceland Ethnology - Iceland Folklore - Iceland |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-295-80299-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Map 1. The North Atlantic; Map 2. Iceland; Map 3. Greenland; Map 4. The Faroe Islands; Foreword: Amid the Mists of Northern Waters and Words; Acknowledgments; 1. Icelandic Landscapes; 2. Nordic by Nature; 3. Mastering the World's Edges; 4. Translating and Converting; 5. Reading Backward; Epilogue: Whales and Men; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456783003321 |
Oslund Karen
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| Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Iceland imagined [[electronic resource] ] : nature, culture, and storytelling in the North Atlantic / / Karen Oslund ; foreword by William Cronon
| Iceland imagined [[electronic resource] ] : nature, culture, and storytelling in the North Atlantic / / Karen Oslund ; foreword by William Cronon |
| Autore | Oslund Karen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 949.12 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CrononWilliam |
| Collana | Weyerhaeuser environmental books |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - Iceland
Natural history - Iceland Ethnology - Iceland Folklore - Iceland |
| ISBN | 0-295-80299-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Map 1. The North Atlantic; Map 2. Iceland; Map 3. Greenland; Map 4. The Faroe Islands; Foreword: Amid the Mists of Northern Waters and Words; Acknowledgments; 1. Icelandic Landscapes; 2. Nordic by Nature; 3. Mastering the World's Edges; 4. Translating and Converting; 5. Reading Backward; Epilogue: Whales and Men; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781213903321 |
Oslund Karen
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| Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Icelandic folklore and the cultural memory of religious change / / Eric Shane Bryan
| Icelandic folklore and the cultural memory of religious change / / Eric Shane Bryan |
| Autore | Bryan Eric Shane |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leeds, [UK] : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (162 pages) |
| Disciplina | 398.094912 |
| Collana | Borderlines (Leeds, England) |
| Soggetto topico |
Folklore - Iceland
Folk literature, Icelandic |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Stories, memories, and mechanisms of belief -- The dead bridegroom carries off his bride: pejoration and adjacency pairs in ATU 365 -- The elf woman's conversion: memories of gender and gender spheres -- The Fylgjur of Iceland: attendant spirits and a distorted sense of guardianship -- The elf church: memories of contested sacred spaces -- The stupid boy and the devil: Sæmundur fróđi Sigfússon, magic, and redemption. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910688431503321 |
Bryan Eric Shane
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| Leeds, [UK] : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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