Good Thoughts on Folklore and Mythology. Festschrift in Honour of Terry Gunnell.

This Festschrift takes the stage as a tribute to Professor Terry Gunnell’s lasting legacy in the studies of folkloristics, Old Norse mythology, and performance, bringing together critical analyses of mythological narratives, archaeological perspectives and conceptual thoughts on tradition and its transmission.

Assembling a cast of friends, companions, and colleagues, this Festschrift takes the stage as a tribute to Professor Terry Gunnell’s lasting legacy in the studies of folkloristics, Old Norse mythology, and performance. The volumes represent a living script of academic discourse, presenting essays across various scholarly theatres, ranging from pre-Christian Scandinavia to contemporary folklore narratives. This Festschrift takes a bow as a celebration of Terry Gunnell’s far-reaching academic impact and intellectual generosity, bringing together critical analyses of mythological narratives, archaeological perspectives and conceptual thoughts on tradition and its transmission.

Introduction

   The Editors

Terry Gunnell: A Prefatory Note

   Andrew Wawn

Leikur Gotanna

   Vilborg Davíðsdóttir

Scientific Societies and the Formation of Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century: The Case of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and His Honourable Memberships

   Line Esborg, Ane Ohrvik

I skyggen av Peter Christen Asbjørnsen: En studie av norske sagnutgivelser på 1800-sallet

   Arne Bugge Amundsen

Reconstruction of Rituals in Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religion: An Evaluation of Vilhelm Grønbech’s Ideas of the ‘Ritual Drama’

   Jens Peter Schjødt

Entering History Through the Back Door: Þættir from the Cultural Afterlife of Finnur Magnússon

   Simon Halink

‘A Very Jolly Lot of Fellows:’ More on the Visit of JF Campbell and GW Dasent to Iceland, 1861 and 1862

   John Shaw

Reordering Thiele: Preliminary Results of LLM-Based Topic Modeling for Flexible Classification of Early Legend Collections

   Timothy R. Tangherlini

The Folklore of Research and the Reality of Local Folklore

   Éva Pócs

The Dead and Atmospheric Water

   Mirjam Mencej

Pathy: The Magicality of Ritual Space

   Anoop Vellani

Glæpur og refsing í sögum um álagabletti

   Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir, Jón Jónsson

(Super)Natural and (Non)Human Entanglements on Iceland’s Shores

   Alice Bower, Kristinn Schram

Magic Practices and Beliefs in the Nowadays Lithuanian Village Communities

   Lina Būgienė

Violent Supernatural Encounters in Contemporary Estonian Personal Experience Narratives

   Reet Hiiemäe

A Man Turned into a Rock Giant: A Local Legend about Love, Sea and Metamorphosis from Vieste, Gargano

   Vito Carrassi

The Legend about the Cormorants of Utrøst – An Everlasting Story?

   Torunn Selberg

Sustainability Stories: On Narratives and Sustainability

   Owe Ronström

Kva er trollskap? Nytt blikk på Kvam-segna og segnmetode

   Eldar Heide

Water Trolls in Árneshreppur, Northern Strandir: A Preliminary Map and Catalogue

   Matthias Egeler

Ókindarkvæði: B-gerð

   Yelena Sesselja Helgadóttir

Tröllasögur: Fjögur þemu

   Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir

Borrowing the Big Kettle: A Scandinavian Folk Legend

   Bengt af Klintberg

The Incubus, the Elves and the Fallen Angels: Nature-Spirits and Nightmares

   Louise S. Milne

The Vetālapañcaviṃśati Frame Tale and its Folklore Foundation

   Nemanja Radulović

The Night of Ancient Lights: From Invention to Festivalisation

   Mare Kõiva, Andres Kuperjanov

Boys’ Chants at Oidhche Challainn (New Year’s Eve) on Berneray in the Outer Hebrides

   Emily Lyle

Memory in Action: Narration, Communication and the Repertoire of a Welsh Tradition-Bearer

   Robin Gwyndaf

Time Spirals in Slovenian Short Folklore Forms

   Saša Babič

Between Mythology and History: Romantic Legends of Pagan Princesses

   Joep Leerssen

Listrænar ballöður: Frá hefðbundnum sagnadönsum til höfundaverka 18. og 19. aldar

   Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson

Þegar fornritin skoruðu hasarblöðin á hólm: (Ofur)hetjumyndir Halldórs Péturssonar

   Jón Karl Helgason

Lived Legend and the Many Victories of the Epic of Defeat

   Carl Lindahl

Border Area People and Their Contacts Across the Long Norwegian/Swedish National Border

   Anders Gustavsson

Narrative Recrafting: Performing Heartbreak on the Museum Stage

   Susanne Österlund-Pötzsch, Hanne Pico Larsen

On the Relations of Truth and Humor

   Elliott Oring

Sacred Spaces In-Between Seriousness and Fun: A Comment on the Marcolf-Tradition

   Pernille Hermann

Who Was Lucia? The Lucia Figure in Swedish Folklore

   Tommy Kuusela

Aspects of Irish and Scandinavian Hearth Protocols and Associated Invocations

   Séamas Ó Catháin

St John’s Prologue in Church Ritual and Irish Tradition

   Pádraig Ó Héalaí

Articulating Strong Words and the Necessity of Accompanying Action: Charms, Ritual Agents and Performance

   Catharina Raudvere

Drinking Danger and ‘Giving Birth’ to Snakes in Guðmundar Saga D (and Beyond)

   Davide Ermacora

Why Folklorists Should Read Saints’ Lives (and Hagiographers Should Read Folklore)

   Margaret Cormack 

• Edited by Ingunn Asdisardottir
• Edited by Felix Lummer
• Edited by Rosa Thortheinsdottir
• Edited by Katrin Lisa van der Linde Mikaelsdottir
• Edited by Juliana Thora Magnusdottir