RE-WRITING OLD NORSE MYTHOLOGY – SIRI PETTERSEN’S ODINSBARN
RE-WRITING OLD NORSE MYTHOLOGY – SIRI PETTERSEN’S ODINSBARN

Summary/Abstract: Re-writing Old Norse Mythology – Siri Pettersen’s Odinsbarn. The article focuses on one of the contemporary Norwegian novels that re-write Old Norse mythology. It discusses the various myths or elements of the old mythology that are re-written in a new form, so that the author, Siri Pettersen, can create a mythopoeia which seems unfamiliar at first sight but which, on a deeper level, brings forth associations with the Old Norse mythology. The result is a fantastic world that has many of the characteristics of the world that we live in.

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