Practici magice și fenomene supranaturale în „Vatnsdæla Saga”
Magical Practices and Supernatural Phenomena in Vatnsdæla Saga
Author(s): Carmen VioreanuSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Comparative Study of Literature, Other Language Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 13th to 14th Centuries, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Íslendingasögur; Vatnsdæla Saga; Magic; Supernatural; Medieval Icelandic Literature; Old Norse Literature;
Summary/Abstract: Íslendingasögur (The sagas of Icelanders) are, along with Codex Regius, Snorri’s Edda and Saxo Grammaticus’ Gesta Danorum, valuable primary sources on the superstitions and witchcraft in the Scandinavian and Icelandic Iron Age and Middle Ages. Vatnsdæla saga (The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal), written in the second half of the thirteenth century is undoubtedly the richest when describing rituals of magic and encounters with the supernatural. The aim of this paper is to map and analyse the magical practices and supernatural phenomena narrated in Vatnsdæla saga, comparing, where appropriate, with similar phenomena described in other sagas of Icelanders.
Journal: Romanoslavica
- Issue Year: LVI/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 160-169
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Romanian