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Ármann Jakobsson - Professor

Ármann Jakobsson

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Hugvísindasvið

Ármann Jakobsson

Professor

in Old Icelandic Literature

Location
Edda
Phone
525 - 5847
Email
armannja [at] hi.is

Unit
Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
Website
http://uni.hi.is/armannja/

Consultation hours
Appointment.
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4822-1684
Research portal – Ármann Jakobsson

Published works

2023

Haraldskvæði
Þorsteins þáttr skelks
ЧТО ДЕЛАТЬ С «КНИГОЙ О ЗАНЯТИИ ЗЕМЛИ»?: О традиции, авторстве и о том, как исландские средневековые писцы создавали иллюзию реальностиСоциогуманитарные коммуникации
Uppfyllingarefni: Gamansögur í íslenskum blöðum og tímaritumSkírnir : tímarit Hins íslenska bókmenntafélags
Illskan í íslenskum miðaldabókmenntumRitið
Suing for Peace: The Historiographer Sturla Þórðarson and the Icelandic Contemporary Sagas as Ideological DocumentsFabula
Troll as Poet
Cursing with trolls in Njáls saga: Taking Hallgerðr seriouslyOrð og tunga
Götunöfn í Reykjavík 2001–2022Orð og tunga
Jón Thoroddsen
Andvari
Theodóra Thoroddsen
Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag
Hreiðar Stefánsson
Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu
Komdu að þvo fílinn minn
Skírnir
Coalbiters
Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða
Jenna Jensdóttir
Introduction
Fagurfræði hins smáa
Frá ritstjóraAndvari
Færeyinga saga
Kings’ Sagas
Þættir
Markús Skeggjason
Martinus saga
Völundarkviða
Möttuls saga [the saga of the cloak]
Grottasöngr
Skapti Þóroddsson
Björn inn krepphendi
Þorsteins þáttur stangarhöggs [The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck]
Eysteinn Arngrímsson, Lilja
Sigurður Nordal

2022

Gissur Ísleifsson
The Merman and the Critics: A laughing sea-dweller is no laughing matter
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Medieval Iceland: Saga Realism and the Sworn Brothers
Sverris saga
Morkinskinna
Sigurður Kristjánsson
Páls saga biskups
Watch Out for the Skin Deep: Medieval Icelandic TransformationsArts
Medieval sagas
Grímur Thomsen og Fornmanna sögur
Finnur Jónsson

2021

Disability in Medieval Iceland
Þegar bókmenntategundir blandastTímarit Máls og menningar
Íslenskar bókmenntir
Um exame crítico de contendasForma de vida
The Lion, the Dream, and the PoetMirator
The magical pastFilologia Germanica – Germanic Philology

2020

Disability before disabilityScandinavian Studies
Morkinskinna (ca. 1220)
Paranormal encounters in Iceland 1150-1400
"I see dead people"
Morkinskinna (ca. 1220)
Ólafs saga helga
Law Personified
Otherness, Monstrosity and Deviation
Man and Mountain
Vel menntaðir menn ávallt velkomnir
Foreword
The ‘Decline of Realism’ and inefficacious Old Norse literary genres and sub-genresScandia
The Flexible Maculinity of LokiLimes
Troll PoliticsGeorgetown Journal of International Affairs
The Making of a Viking King

2019

2018

Remnants of Indigenous Beliefs in the Other World in Saga Literature
Bergbúa þáttr: The Story of a Paranormal Encounter
Remnants of Indigenous Beliefs in the Other World in Saga Literature
The Big Black Cats of Vatnsdalr and Other Trolls: Talking about Shapeshifting in Medieval Iceland
Horror in the medieval north
Bergbúa þáttr
Krepphent skáld frá upphafi 12. aldarSón: tímarit um óðfræði
Sögurnar hans GuðnaSkírnir
Í aukahlutverki
Skaraðir skór
Finnur Jónsson
Text editions
Fornir Haraldar
Um fróða menn og málspaka
The Big Black Cats of Vatnsdalr and Other Trolls

2017

Structure
A personal account
Introduction
Léttstíg dönsk gamalmenni í barnabókum frá öldinni sem leið
Íslendingasögur í mótunAndvari
Quand Skarphédinn parleNordiques
Smaladrengurinn og frásagnarlist ÍslendingasagnaTímarit Máls og menningar
Viking childhood
The routledge research companion to the medieval icelandic sagas
The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas
Introduction
The Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North

2016

Text editions
Finnur Jónsson
Staksteinar í fulltrúalýðræðinu
Fræðinæmi
Hver er hræddur við drauga?Börn og menning

2015

Thorolf's Choice: Family and Godness in Egil's Saga, Ch. 40
Beware of the elf! A note on the evolving meaning of álfarFolklore (United Kingdom)
HVAÐ Á AÐ GERA VIÐ LANDNÁMU? Um hefð, höfunda og raunveruleikablekkingu íslenskra miðaldasagnaritaGripla
Beware of the Elf! A Note on the Evolving Meaning of ÁlfarFolklore
King Sverrir of Norway and the foundations of his powerMedium Aevum
Illa fenginn mjöður
Skarphéðinn talarRitið
Views to a KillSaga-Book
Thorolf’s choice family and goodness in Egil’s Saga, ch. 40
Finnur Jónsson
King Arthur and the Kennedy AssassinationScandinavian-Canadian studies
Ingen tid för diskussionNordisk tidskrift för vetenskap, konst och industri

2014

The Madness of King Sigurðr
Hún er alltaf svo reið
The Homer of the North orEuropean Journal of Scandinavian Studies
Tradition and the Individual TalentViator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Young love in SagalandViking and Medieval Scandinavia
A Sense of Belonging
The Homer of the North, Or: Who Was Sigurður the Blind?European Journal of Scandinavian Studies
Tradition and the Individual Talent: The 'Historical Figure' in the Medieval Sagas, a Case StudyViator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Íslendingaþættir

2013

Image is everythingParergon
Conversion and sacrifice in the Þiðrandi episode in Flateyjarbók
Introduction
Inngangur
Medeltidens trollbegrepp
The taxonomy of the non-existentFabula
The life and death of the medieval icelandic short storyJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Fötlun á Íslandi á miðöldum
Introduction
Enginn tími fyrir umræðuSkírnir
Inngangur
Judy Garland er löngu dauðRitið
Fötlun og menning : Íslandssagan í öðru ljósi
Nine Saga Studies

2012

The Place of Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar in Eggertsbók, a Late Medieval Icelandic Saga-book
Formáli
Fiskar og mjólk annan hvern dag
Öskudags- og miðdegisdjöflar
Prologue
The earliest legendary saga manuscripts
Bókmenntir í nýju landi
The Place of Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar in Eggertsbók, a Late Medieval Icelandic Saga-book
The Place of Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar in Eggertsbók, a Late Medieval Icelandic Saga-book
Hver er hræddur við handalausa manninn?Spássían
Hverju reiddust goðin?Tímarit Máls og menningar
Sérkennilegur, undarlegur og furðulegur einfari, eða:Andvari
Inventing a saga formFilologia Germanica – Germanic Philology

2011

Beast and manScandinavian Studies
Allur raunveruleiki er framleiddurRitið
Beast and Man: Realism and the Occult in Egils sagaScandinavian Studies
Morkinskinna I
Óðinn as motherArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Óðinn as Mother: The Old Norse Deviant PatriarchArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Vampires and Watchmen: Categorizing the Mediaeval Icelandic UndeadJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Vampires and watchmenJournal of English and Germanic Philology

2010

Kings’ sagas
Icelandic sagas
Íslenskir draugar frá landnámi til lúterstrúarSkírnir
Morkinskinna
Um hvað fjallaði Blágagladrápa?
Friðkolla
Enter the Dragon

2009

Food and the north-icelandic identity in 13th century iceland and norway
Illa fenginn mjöður
The Fearless Vampire KillersFolklore
Talk to the Dragon: Tolkien as TranslatorTolkien Studies
'Er Saturnús er kallaðr en vér köllum Frey'
Identifying the Ogre
Indledning
Why Be Afraid?
Loki og jötnarnir
The Impetuousness of Þráinn SigfússonArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
The Impetuousness of Þráinn Sigfússon: Leadership, Virtue and Villainy in Njáls sagaArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Talk to the DragonTolkien Studies
The Fearless Vampire Killers: A Note about the Icelandic Draugr and Demonic Contamination in Grettis SagaFolklore

2008

Að losa sig við umskiptinginnSkírnir
Hvað er tröll?
Laxdœla Dreaming: A Saga Heroine Invents Her Own LifeLeeds Studies in English
Vad är ett troll?Saga och sed
Hversu argur er Óðinn?
En plats i en ny värld: Bilden av riddarsamhället i MorkinskinnaScripta Islandica
Royal Biography
A contest of cosmic fathersNeophilologus
Egils saga and empathyScandinavian Studies
Textreferenzen in der Morkinskinna. Geschichten über Dichtung und Geschichten.Skandinavistik
The patriarch
Aldraðir Íslendingar 1100-1400Saga: tímarit Sögufélags
A Contest of Cosmic Fathers: God and Giant in VafþrúðnismálNeophilologus
Egils saga and Empathy: Emotions and Moral Issues in a Dysfunctional Saga FamilyScandinavian Studies
Enabling Love
The Trollish Acts of Þorgrímr the WitchSaga-Book
Laxdæla DreamingLeeds Studies in English
En plats i en ny världScripta Islandica

2007

Níu spurningar um fötlun og fjöldamenningu
Two Wise Women and Their Young Apprentice: A Miscarried Magic ClassArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Two wise women and their young apprenticeArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Masculinity and politics in njáls sagaViator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Masculinity and Politics in Njáls SagaViator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies

2006

Sérnöfn verða samnöfn. Hálfvísindaleg netkönnun.
Sérnöfn verða samnöfn. Hálfvísindaleg netkönnun.
Where Do the Giants Live?Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi
The extreme emotional life of vo̧lundr the elfScandinavian Studies
Róbinsonsögur frá 21. öldinni: Í tilefni af komu veruleikasjónvarpsins til ÍslandsSkírnir
Interrogating genre in the fornaldarsögurViking and Medieval Scandinavia
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Friend of the Meek
Where Do the Giants Live?Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi
The Extreme Emotional Life of Volundr the ElfScandinavian Studies
Royal Biography
Róbinsonsögur frá 21. öldinniSkírnir
Sérnöfn verða samnöfn. Hálfvísindaleg netkönnun.
Interrogating genre in the fornaldarsögurViking and Medieval Scandinavia

2005

The Specter of Old Age: Nasty Old Men in the Sagas of IcelandersJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Veiðimaður, spjátrungur og innlifun: Sjón og sögulega skáldsaganTímarit Máls og menningar
Sinn eiginn smiður: Ævintýrið um Sverri konungSkírnir
The specter of old ageJournal of English and Germanic Philology
The Hole: Problems in Medieval DwarfologyArv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore
Royal Biography
The HoleArv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore
Sinn eiginn smiðurSkírnir
The Good, the Bad, and the UglyMediaeval Scandinavia : a journal devoted to the study of mediaeval civilization in Scandinavia and Iceland
Að kunna sér hóf í alvörunni
Ástin á tímum þjóðveldisins

2004

The Hunted Children of Kings: A Theme in the Old Icelandic SagasScandinavica
The hunted children of kingsScandinavica
Some Types of Ambiguities in the Sagas of the IcelandersArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Some Types of Ambiguities in the Sagas of the IcelandersArkiv for Nordisk Filologi

2003

Hættulegur hlátur
Konungurinn og ég
Snorri and His Death: Youth, Violence, and Autobiography in Medieval IcelandScandinavian Studies
Two Old Ladies at Þváttá and 'History from below' in the Fourteenth Century
Den kluntede afskriverOpuscula
Troublesome Children in the Sagas of the IcelandersSaga-Book
Tolkien og Hringurinn
Snorri and his deathScandinavian Studies
Den kluntede afskriver: Finnur Jónsson og MorkinskinnaOpuscula
Troublesome Children in the Sagas of IcelandersSaga-Book
[Staður í nýjum heimi: Kongasagan Morkinskinna]Gripla
Queens of Terror

2002

Í leit að konungi
Rangtúlkun veruleikans: Enid Blyton morðsögunnar?Tímarit Máls og menningar
Uppreisn æskunnar: Unglingasagan um Flóres og BlankiflúrSkírnir
Eðli illskunnar: morðingjar Agöthu ChristieTímarit Máls og menningar
Nietzsche í Grjótaþorpinu
Kröpp lægð yfir Vesturheimi?Ritið
Our Norwegian Friend: The Role of Kings in the Family SagasArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Uppreisn æskunnarSkírnir
Our Norwegian FriendArkiv for Nordisk Filologi

2001

Strukturelle Brüche in der Morkinskinna
Dagfinnur dýralæknir og trúin á alheimstungunaTímarit Máls og menningar
The Amplified Saga: Structural Disunity in MorkinskinnaMedium Aevum
Formáli
Fjallkona með unglingaveikina
Dulargervið
The Amplified SagaMedium Aevum

2000

Byskupskjör á Íslandi
X-kynslóðin og endalok sögunnar
Um uppruna MorkinskinnuGripla
Ekki kosta munurSkírnir
The Individual and the IdealJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Kongesagaen som forsvandt
The Individual and the Ideal: The Representation of Royalty in MorkinskinnaJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Dagrenning norrænnar sögu: Íslenzk menning og íslensk miðaldafræðiTímarit Máls og menningar
Ekki kosta munur: Kynjasaga frá 13. öldSkírnir

1999

Rundt om kongen: En genvurdering af MorkinskinnaMaal og Minne
Á aldarafmæli Enid Blyton
The rex inutilis in IcelandMajestas
Le Roi ChevalierScandinavian Studies
Er Oddaverjaþætti treystandi?Ný saga
Rundt om kongenMaal og Minne
Le Roi Chevalier: The Royal Ideology and Genre of Hrólfs saga krakaScandinavian Studies
Royal Pretenders and Faithful Retainers: The Icelandic Vision of Kingship in TransitionGardar

1998

Konungasagan LaxdælaSkírnir
King and Subject in MorkinskinnaSkandinavistik
King and Subject in MorkinskinnaSkandinavistik
History of the Trolls?Saga-Book
Konungasagan LaxdaelaSkírnir
History of the Trolls? Bárðar saga as an Historical NarrativeSaga-Book

1997

Konge og undersåt i Morkinskinna
Staður í nýjum heimi

1996

'Hinn blindi sjáandi': Hallbera í Urðarseli og Halldór LaxnessSkírnir
Hinn blindi sjáandiSkírnir

1995

Hákon HákonarsonSaga: tímarit Sögufélags
Mjög eru þeir menn framir. Fyrsti málfræðingurinn fundinn

1994

Sannyrði sverðaSkáldskaparmál
Nokkur orð um hugmyndir Íslendinga um konungsvald fyrir 1262

Keywords for Specialisation:

Medieval literature. Cultural Studies. Folklore

History of scholarship

Sagas of Icelanders

Legendary sagas

Late medieval poetry

The supernatural

Medieval aesthetics

Paranormal encounters

Medieval editions