A New Book on Viking Women

[Gunnora Hallakarva]

Here's another great book for you Viking women out there to add to your Yule
Wish Lists:


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For those who are interested in Jenny Jochens new book:

 _Old Norse Images of Women_; by Jenny Jochens
 Publisher:  University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996; 326 pp.
 ISBN: 0-8122-3358-1

Here is a listing of the Contents:

  Preface
  Introduction

  1. The Germanic-Nordic Continuum
      Germanic Migrations
      Religious Continuity
      Genealogical Connections

  DIVINE IMAGES

  2. Ancient Female Figures
      Fertility Goddesses
      Fetches (Fylgjur)
      Guardian Spirits (Di'sir)
      Valkyries (Valkyrjur)
      Norns (Nornir)
      Sibyls (Vo,lur)
      Land-Spirits (Landvaettir)
      Worship and Cult

  3. The Classical Nordic Pantheon: Goddesses and Gender
      Procreation
      Desire and Sexual Behavior
      Marriage
      Two Goddesses: Frigg and Freyja
      Daily Life and Work
      Magic (Seidhr)
      Pagan Misogyny
      Worship and Cult
      Snorri's Role for Female Images

HUMAN IMAGES

  4. The Warrior Woman
      Sigrdri'fa/Brynhildr: War and Wisdom
      Shield-Maidens (Skjaldmeyjar): Sigru'n and Sva'va
      Maiden Warriors
      Maiden Kings (Meykonungar)
      Characteristics of Female Warriors
      Women in War: The Historical Record
  5. The Prophetess/Sorceress
      Female Leadership
      Germanic and Nordic Human Prophetesses
      Magic and Gender
  6. The Avenger
      Twin Imagery
      Gudhru'n
      Signy'
      Revenging Women in History
  7. The Whetter: Brynhildr
      The Continental Whetter in Nordic Literature
      The Queens' Quarrel
      The Whetter in Continental History
  8. The Nordic Whetter
      Aristocratic Whetters
      Royal Whetters
      Ancient Icelandic Whetters
      Whetters in the Contemporary Sagas
      Male Reaction to Whetting
      Why Whet?
  Conclusion
  Appendix One: Sources
  Latin Evidence
  Runes
  Northern Vernacular Writing
  Appendix Two: Historiography of Norse Women--
    Paul-Henri Mallet and Laurits Engelstoft
  Abbreviations
  Notes
  Bibliography
  Index

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Gunnora Hallakarva
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