A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, ritual and folklore in Old Icelandic sources by Terry Gunnell, Joan Turville-Petre, Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson

A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, ritual and folklore in Old Icelandic sources

Terry Gunnell, Joan Turville-Petre, Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson

188 pages • first pub 1998 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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A collection of eight lectures, translated into English, which reappraise Old Norse religion and Old Icelandic folk beliefs. This book examines sagas to find evidence for animal and human sacrifice, such as the night-time murder of a young couple ...

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