Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 45853
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  • Title: Woman’s Work: (b) Magical Woman, (i) The Greenland Prophetess, (ii) A Phallic Ritual: Passing the Penis
  • Source: The Viking Age: A Reader.  Edited by Angus A. Somerville and R. Andrew McDonald.  University of Toronto Press, 2020.  Pages 121 - 125.
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  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Eiriks Saga Rauda, Icelandic Saga Magic Paganism in Literature Ritual Vikings Volsa Thattr Witches
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  • Geographic Area: Scandinavia
  • Century: 11- 12- 13- 14
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  • Related Resources: (i) is trans. A.A. Somerville, from Eiríks saga Rauða, in Eyrbyggja saga, ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson and Matthías Þórðarson, Íslenzk fornrit IV (Reykjavík, 1935), pp. 206-8. (ii) is trans. A.A. Somerville, from Volsa þáttr, in Jómsvíkinga saga, ed. Þorleifur Hauksson and Marteinn Helgi Sigurðsson, Íslenzk fornrit XXXIII (Reykjavík, 2018), pp. 269-279.
  • Author's Affiliation: Brock University [McDonald and Somerville- Retired from the English Department]
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  • Year of Publication: 2020.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9781487570477 (pbk); 9781487570491 (ePub); 9781487570507 (PDF)