IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 322: Old Norse Myth and Materiality, II: Humanity and Materiality
Monday 1 July 2019, 16.30-18.00
| Organisers: | Pete Sandberg, Institut for Kultur og Samfund, Aarhus Universitet Declan Taggart, Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Declan Taggart, Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen |
| Paper 322-a | Wit and Weaponry: Freyr's Sword and the Abandonment of Wisdom in Skírnismál (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Pagan Religions |
| Paper 322-b | Between Soul and Body: The Concept of Hamr (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Pagan Religions |
| Paper 322-c | Art, Vomit, and Bees: The Mead of Poetry and the Materiality of Verbal Art in Old Norse Myth (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Pagan Religions |
| Abstract | This is the second of two sessions on materiality in Old Norse myth. These sessions examine aspects of the mythological narratives preserved in the literature and material culture of medieval Scandinavia, focusing on the grounding of myth in the encounter with the material world. The second session has a particular focus on the relationship between human and material as presented in mythic narrative. These papers examine the construction of the human through and among materials, considering relationships between human and material qualities, the (im)material nature and form of the body, and the material and economic conceptualization of Old Norse poetry. |