Book Review: Irruptive Discourse and Conflicted Curiosity : Merrill Kaplan, Thou Fearful Guest: Addressing the Past in Four Tales in Flateyjarbók, 2011

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Snorri Sturluson qua Fulcrum : Perspectives on the Cultural Activity of Myth, Mythological Poetry and Narrative in Medieval Iceland

The present paper constructs an overview of Snorri Sturluson’s impact, through Edda, on the cultural activity of mythology in vernacular poetries and narration. General evidence of impacts on eddic and skaldic poetries (§1) provides a frame for a series of illustrative examples, beginning with the relatively unequivocal cases of Lokrur (§2) and the late stanzas added to Baldrs draumar (§3). However, the kenning ‘mud of the eagle’ clearly indicates Snorri’s reception in a contemporary context (§4), opening a threepart survey of cumulative evidence of influence on Lokasenna (§5–7). The possibility of influence as a model for Þrymskviða’s composition is suggested (§8), which would have analogues in saga prose (§9). Although details may be equivocated, Edda nevertheless emerges as a (sometimes contested) voice of authority in medieval Icelandic mythological discourses.Peer reviewe

Introduction

New version (2021) of the Italian introduction (Piludu & Frog) previously published in 2014 (bilingual edition of the book - Italian and English) and in 2015 (Italian edition): the original Italian text has been reviewed, standardized and corrected, and there are new footnotes written for the Italian readers by the reviewers of the mythological series "Bifröst" (VociFuoriScena): Dario Giansanti and Elisa Zanchetta. The chapters are based on the papers of the scientific symposium: "Kalevala: Epica, Magia, Arte e Musica / Kalevala: Epic, Magic, Art and Music" organized in Bottenicco di Moimacco / Cividale del Friuli (Udine, Italy) for the centenary of Kalevalaseura (2011). Non peer reviewe