[H-verkko] Helsinki, Folklore and Old Norse Mythology

[agricola at utu.fi]

Agricolan tapahtumakalenteriin on lähetetty uusi ilmoitus:
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Folklore and Old Norse Mythology

Helsinki, Hallituskatu 1
27.11.2017 klo 08:45 – 28.11.2017 klo 17:00
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Programme

Monday, 27 November 2017

08:40–09:00  Coffee and registration
09:00–09:15  Opening words

09:15–10:45  Session I

Old Norse Mythology and Legend Tradition,John Lindow, University of California,
Berkeley
Gotland Picture Stones and Narration,Laila Kitzler Åhfeldt, Swedish National
Heritage Board
Old Norse Mythology, Heroic Legends, Religion and Folklore,Else Mundal,
University of Oslo,

10:45–11:00  Coffee

11:00–12:30  Session II

Pre-Cristian Religion of the North as Folklore: The Example of Freyr,Jens Peter
Schjødt, Aarhus University
Myth and Character-Building in the Icelandic Family Sagas,Joonas Ahola,
University of Helsinki
Fifth-Column Mother: Týr’s Negotiation of Kinship (and jötunheimar)
According to Hymiskviða,Judy Quinn, University of Cambridge

12:30–13:45 Lunch

13:45–15:15  Session III

Basic Instincts?,Rudy Simek, University of Bonn
A Brief History of Giants,Tommy Kuusela, Institute for Language and Folklore,
Uppsala
Size Matters – Dwarfs in Old Norse Myths and Folklore,Henning Kure,
mythologist, independent scholar, Copenhagen

15:15–15:30 Coffee

15:30–17:00  Session IV

Traces of Pre-Christian Religion in British Ballads and Popular Poetry,John
McKinnell, Durham University
Transforming, Transgressing, and Terrorizing: Shape-Shifters in Swedish Medieval
Ballads,Catharina Raudvere, University of Copenhagen
The Configurations of Old Norse Religion and its Relevance for the Study of Late
Scandinavian Folklore,Andreas Nordberg, University of Stockholm

Tour of the archive of folklore of the Finnish Literature Society

Evening reception hosted by the Finnish Literature Society

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

08:45–09:00  Coffee

09:00–10:30  Session V

George Marwick’s Account of ‘The Muckle Tree or Igasill’: Folklore or
Literature?,Terry Gunnell, University of Iceland
Medieval Irish Folklore and the Construction of Place in Eyrbyggja saga,Matthias
Egeler, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, and Institute for Advanced Study,
Berlin; DAAD-P.R.I.M.E.-Fellow
Magical Fishing in Historia Norwegie – Incomprehensible without Late
Folklore,Eldar Heide, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

10:30–10:45  Coffee

10:45–12:15  Session VI

Mythology of the Prose Edda Interacting with the Sky,Gísli Sigurðsson, Árni
Magnússon Institute, Reykjavík
Brynhildr, the Suicidal Valkyrie: Views of Suicide in Medieval Iceland,Kirsi
Kanerva, University of Turku
Women and Axes in the North: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Viking
Archaeology, Old Norse Literature and Folklore,Leszek Gardeła, University of
Rzeszów

12:15–13:30 Lunch

13:30–15:00  Session VII

Myths, Historiolas, and Magic,Stephen Mitchell, Harvard University
In Search of the tietäjä with a Little Help from Old Norse Material,Karolina
Kouvola, University of Helsinki
Approaching seiðr from Later Traditions – Possibilities and Pitfalls,Kendra
Willson, University of Turku

15:00–15:15 Coffee

15:15–16:45  Session VIII

Exclusivity in Old Norse Ritual and the Christianization of Ritual Space,Maths
Bertell, Mid-Sweden University
Skalds as Ritual Specialists? Looking for Religious Ritual Frameworks in the
Oral, Performance of Haraldskvæði, Eiríksmál and Hákonarmál,Simon Nygaard,
Aarhus University
‘My God Can Beat up Your God!’ –Asserting Specialists’ Power and
Authority through Mythic Discourse,Frog, University of Helsinki

16:45–17:00  Closing discussion


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