Paranormal Encounters in Iceland 1150–1400 (The Northern Medieval World)

Looking at depictions of paranormal encounters, medievalists highlight features of medieval Icelandic narrative that literary critics often overlook, or indeed look down upon, for not aligning with the structural formulae they employ. In sections on experiencing the paranormal, figures of the paranormal, and literature and the paranormal, they explore such topics as Th̤rgunna's dinner and other medieval liminal meals: food as mediator between this world and the Hereafter, the burial of body parts in Old Icelandic , and trolling Gudhmundr: paranormal defamation in . Annotation 2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)