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Þórhalls þáttr knapps: a re-evaluation of the portrayal of magic and Otherness
Umeå universitet, Humanistiska fakulteten, Institutionen för språkstudier.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-9689-5800
2024 (engelsk)Inngår i: DESHIMA, revue d'histoire globale des pays du Nord, ISSN 1957-5173, Vol. 18, s. 149-161Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
Abstract [en]

The sagas of Icelanders and their descriptions of magic and practitioners of magic have since long been a subject of interest for laymen and scholars alike. This article seeks to (re-)evaluate the perception and reception of magic and practitioners of magic by the Christian writers in Old Norse literature by using Þórhalls þáttr knapps and the lens of Otherness as a starting point for this evaluation. The assumption is that Otherness is fluid, susceptible to change, and potentially arbitrary and anachronistic. The results of this re-evaluation clearly showcase the need for not only generalised research on magic across a large corpus of Old Norse literature but also the necessity to closely analyse the circumstances surrounding the practitioner of magic within the narrative to not superimpose modern assumptions about how the Christians viewed magic and its practitioners.

Abstract [fr]

Les sagas des Islandais et leurs descriptions de la magie et des agents de la magie sont depuis longtemps un sujet d'intérêt pour les profanes comme pour les érudits. Cet article cherche à (ré)évaluer la perception et la réception de la magie et des praticiens de la magie par les écrivains chrétiens dans la littérature norroise en utilisant Þórhalls þáttr knapps et la notion d'altérité comme point de départ de notre étude. Notre hypothèse est que l'altérité est fluide, susceptible de changer et potentiellement arbitraire et anachronique. Les résultats de cette étude montrent clairement la nécessité non seulement de mener à bien une recherche généralisée sur la magie dans l’entièreté du corpus norrois. En outre, elle met en lumière mais la nécessité d'analyser de près le contexte lié aux représentations d’agents de la magie dans le récit, afin de ne pas superposer des hypothèses modernes sur la façon dont les chrétiens médiévaux considéraient la magie et ses praticiens.

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Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2024. Vol. 18, s. 149-161
Emneord [en]
Otherness, Other, Magic, Sagas of Icelanders, Þórhalls þáttr knapps
Emneord [fr]
altérité, autre, magie, sagas des Islandais, Þórhalls þáttr knapps
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-244010OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-244010DiVA, id: diva2:1996099
Tilgjengelig fra: 2025-09-08 Laget: 2025-09-08 Sist oppdatert: 2025-09-11bibliografisk kontrollert
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1. I gemenskapens periferi?: Perspektiv på Otherness i islänningatåtar och islänningasagor
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2025 (svensk)Doktoravhandling, med artikler (Annet vitenskapelig)
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At the edge of belonging? : Perspectives on Otherness in the Íslendingaþættir and Íslendingasögur
Abstract [en]

This dissertation examines the concept of Otherness in the short medieval tales of Icelanders (Íslendingaþættir) and, to a lesser extent, in the sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), by focusing on linguistic and cultural identity markers and descriptors and their role in constructing Otherness. Literary analysis is employed to examine the developments of characters presented as Others, socioonomastics and literary onomastics are used to analyse differences between Norwegian and Icelandic personal names, and cognitive semantics is utilized to study the meanings of the adjective ódæll (meaning “difficult” or “hard to deal with”). The purpose of five discrete studies is to highlight different aspects of linguistic and narratological Otherness in the tales and sagas of Icelanders and thecomplexity and nuances that inform Otherness in the Icelandic Middle Ages.

The results show how everyday Otherness has positive, neutral and negative aspects: these highlight the changeability of Otherness within the narrative and demonstrate the function of stable identity markers and descriptors for narratives and for identity constructions. Results thus support arguments for using a broader theoretical and analytical framework of Otherness to further insights into the norms and identities of the medieval Icelandic society described in the tales and sagas of Icelanders. 

sted, utgiver, år, opplag, sider
Umeå: Umeå University, 2025. s. 105
Serie
Nordsvenska, ISSN 0282-7182 ; 29
Serie
Studier i språk och litteratur från Umeå universitet ; 62
Emneord
medeltida Island, Íslendingaþættir, identitet, socioonomastik, kognitiv semantik
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Forskningsprogram
nordiska språk
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urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-244012 (URN)978-91-8070-774-9 (ISBN)978-91-8070-773-2 (ISBN)
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2025-10-03, HUM.D.220 - Hjortronlandet, Petrus Laestadius väg, Umeå, 13:00 (svensk)
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Tilgjengelig fra: 2025-09-12 Laget: 2025-09-08 Sist oppdatert: 2025-09-10bibliografisk kontrollert

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