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Terry Adrian Gunnell - Professor Emeritus
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School of Social Sciences
Terry Adrian Gunnell
Íslenska
Professor Emeritus
Professor in Folkloristics
Location
Gimli / G-126
Email
terry [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
Website
https://terry.hi.is
Published Work
Terry Adrian Gunnell - published work
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Terry Adrian Gunnell - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
Wednesdays 15-16.00 Gimli 126; terry@hi.is (to arrange a skype meeting)
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6144-3006
Research portal – Terry Adrian Gunnell
Courses 2024 - 2025
ÞJÓ442L - MA Thesis in Old Nordic Religion
Collaboration
,
,
,
Education
1991
,
Doktorspróf
,
University of Leeds
,
Icelandic Studies
1981
,
Bacc Phil
,
University of Iceland
,
Íslenska fyrir erlenda stúdenta
1978
,
PGCE
,
Westbourne College, Birmingham
,
Post. Grad. Cert. Ed. (Drama and English),
1977
,
BA
,
University of Birmingham
,
Drama and Theatre Arts,
Professional Experience
1998 -
,
Lecturerand then senior lecturer/ associate professor and professor in Folkloristics,
University of Iceland
1980 -
1998,
English teacher,
Hamrahlíð College Reykjavík
Published works
2024
The Meaning of the Mamuthones
Journal of Folklore Research
Contact with the Dead in Iceland Past and Present
Religions
Folk Legends of the North Atlantic Islands on Line
Thomas Crofton Croker, The Fairy Legends, and the Arrival of the Illustrated Folk Legend in Northern Europe
Irish University Review
2023
Dirk Johannsen, Professor in Oslo
Ethnologia Scandinavica
Folklore and Prophecy
The Magic of the Mask
Jubilee of Emily Lyle
2022
Eddic Poetry
Three Women, Three Roots, Three Times, One Tree Some Thoughts for Potential Gardeners
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift
Sigurður Guðmundsson and Jón Árnason’s Icelandic Folktales
Introduction
Grimm Ripples: The Legacy of the Grimms’ Deutsche Sagen in Northern Europe
Jón Árnason and the Collection of Icelandic Folk Legends: Ripples, Flotsam, Nets and Reflections
Introduction
Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius and the Svenska sägner that Never Appeared
2021
The Rise of Chupa-Sangue in a World of “Fake News”
Narrative Culture
The Myths of the Vanir and Seasonal Change in the North
Folklore and Nation in Britain and Ireland
Axe in the Water: A Unique Magical Ritual in Ljósvetninga saga
George Marwick’s Account of ‘The Muckle Tree or Igasill
2020
Dvergar (Dwarves)
Invisible Force: The Absence of Folk Legends about Snæfellsjökull
Álfar (Elves)
Folklore
The Goddesses in the Dark Waters
Performance Archaeology, Eiríksmál, Hákonarmál and the Study of Old Nordic Religions
Folke Ström and kultdrama
2019
Spaces, Places and Liminality: Marking Out and Meeting the Dead and the Supernatural in Old Nordic Landscapes
Response to Fredrik Wallenstein, “What Does Óðinn Do to the Túnriðor? An Interpretation of Hávamál 155
Protest and Performance: The Pot and Pan Protests in Iceland
2018
II
I
Icelandic Traditions: Oral Literature
Icelandic Traditions: Manners and Customs
Background: Historical Context: Manners and Customs
Encylopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe
Individuals: Ólafur Davíðsson
The Power in the Place Icelandic Álagablettir Legends in a Comparative Context
Individuals: Jón Árnason
Theatre and Performance (1830-2018)
Early Representations of Old Nordic Religions in Drama
How High Was the High One? The Roles of Odinn and Þórr in Pre-Christian Icelandic Society
2017
On the Border: The Liminality of the Seashore in Icelandic Folk Legends
Sigurður Guðmundsson og þjóðsögurnar
Inngangur, og Stiklur úr ævi Sigurðar Guðmundssonar málara
Viðhorf landsmann til ‚þjóðmenningar‘ og þjóðsagnasöfnunar
The Development and Role of the Fjallkona (Mountain Woman) in Icelandic National Day Celebrations and Other Contexts
From Sagen to Translated Sagnir: A Previously Uncharted Chapter in the Evolution of the Icelandic Fjallkona
The Álfar, the Clerics, and the Enlightenment: Conceptions of the Supernatural in the Age of Reason in Iceland
Blótgyðjur, Goðar, Mimi, Incest, and Wagons: Oral Memories of the Religion(s) of the Vanir
2016
Saga
Eddic Performance and Eddic Audiences
The Kenyan Dance Drama: An Active Force of Social Change
Sagnagrunnur
Obraz Povelitel'nitsy gory (Fjallkonan) v islandskoi natsional'noi traditsii” [The image of the Mountain Woman (Fjallkonan) in the Icelandic National Tradition]
Zhivaia Starina
Strindberg, August (1849–1912)
Elf, Elves
2015
Helgi verður til: Bakgrunnur, tilurð og þróun helgiathafna og helgisiða Ásatrúarfélagsins
The Background and Nature of the Annual and Occasional Rituals of the Ásatrúarfélag in Iceland
Pantheon? What Pantheon? Concepts of a Family of Gods in Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions
Scripta Islandica
2014
Nordic folk legends, folk traditions and grave mounds
What gods did the Vikings worship?
Billy Connolly, Jo Brand and Tommy Tiernan: Stand-Ups and Storytellers
Modern Legends in Iceland
The Vampire Returns to Britain
“Magical Mooning” and the “Goatskin Twirl”
2013
Folklore och Performance Studies – en introduction
The Significance of the Work and Collections of the School of Scottish Studies from a Scandinavian Viewpoint
Eingyðistrú eða fjölgyðis? Var almenn trú á samfélag guða á Norðurlöndum fyrir kristnitöku?
Völuspá in Performance
Why Should Students Read “Dead” Legends?
Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore
From One High One to Another: The Acceptance of Óðinn as Preparation for the Acceptance of God
2012
Skotrarar, Skudlers, Colloughs and Strawboys: Wedding Guising Traditions in Norway, Shetland and Ireland, Past and Present
Masks and Performance in the Early Nordic World
Kraftur staðarins: Íslenskar sagnir um álagabletti í samanburði við erlendar sagnir
The Relationship Between Icelandic Knattleikur and Early Irish Hurling
Béaloideas
The Relationship Between Knattleikur and Early Irish Hurling
Waking the Dead: Folk Legends Concerning Magicians and Walking Corpses in Iceland
Jacqueline Simpson: An Appreciation
National folklore, national drama and the creation of visual national identity
Clerics as collectors of folklore in nineteenth-century Iceland
Arv
2011
‘There is Nothing Like a Dame!’ Cross Dressing in Mumming Activities Past and Present
Cosmos
Ansgar’s Conversion of Iceland
Scripta Islandica
Prestlærðir safnarar þjóðsagna á 19. öld
The Drama of the Poetic Edda: Performance as a Means of Transformation
2010
Hve hár var hinn hávi? Hlutverk Óðins í íslensku samfélagi fyrir kristnitöku
Sagnagrunnur
Folklore
Introduction
Ethnologia Europaea
Daisies rise to become oaks. the politics of early folktale collection in northern Europe
Folklore
2009
Heima á milli: Þjóðtrú og þjóðsagnir á Íslandi við upphaf 21 aldar
Ansgar’s Conversion of Iceland
Legends and landscape in the nordic countries
Cultural and Social History
2008
Introduction
Þjóðfræði, þjóðleikhús og mótun sjónrænnar þjóðarímyndar: Sigurður Guðmundsson, Indriði Einarsson og álfabrennurnar
Eddic Poetry
The Performance of the Poetic Edda
The Kenyan Dance Drama: An Active Force of Social Change
2007
Introduction
Teater och drama i älsta tid
Það er til fleira á himni og jörðu, Hóras”: Kannanir á íslenskri þjóðtrú og trúarviðhorfum 2006-2007
Beating the Line: Borderline Aspects of Shetland and Faroese Guising Traditions
How Elvish Were the Álfar
Viking Religion: Old Norse Mythology
Carnival in the Classroom: Icelandic Pre-Graduation Mumming Traditions at Upper-Secondary Level
Masks and Mumming Traditions in the North Atlantic: A Survey
Masks and Mumming in the Nordic Area
2006
Innrás hinna utanaðkomandi dauðu
,Til holts ek gekk': Spacial and Temporal Aspects of the Dramatic Poems of the Elder Edda
Busar, böðlar og jamberingar: Innvígsluathafnir í íslenskum framhaldsskólum
How Elvish Were the Álfar
Ritual Space, Ritual Year, Ritual Gender: A View of the Old Norse and New Icelandic Ritual Year
Narratives, Space And Drama: Essential Spatial Aspects Involved In The Performance And Reception Of Oral Narrative
Folklore
2005
Island
Hof, Halls, Goðar and Dwarves: An Examination of the Ritual Space in the Pagan Icelandic Hall
Cosmos 17
The Season of the Dísir: The Winter Nights and the Dísarblót in Early Scandinavian Belief
Cosmos 16
An Invasion of Foreign Bodies: Legends of Washed Up Corpses in Iceland
2004
Íslenski sagnagrunnurinn
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Islands and Narratives
Journal of Indian Folkloristics
The Coming of the Christmas Visitors: Folk legends concerning the attacks on Icelandic farmhouses made by spirits at Christmas
Northern studies. The Journal of the Scottish Society for Northern Studies
2003
Dimission: Nútíma búningasiðir í íslenskum skólum
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Vatnið og uppsprettan: Þjóðtrú og þjóðsiðir víetnamskra innflytjenda í Reykjavík
Skírnir
Waking the 'Wiggle-Waggle' Monsters': Animal Figures and Cross Dressing in the Icelandic Vikivaki Games
Hof, höll, goð(ar) and dvergar: Ritual space in the Pagan Icelandic skáli
2002
"Komi þeir sem koma vilja …": Sagnir um innrás óvætta á jólum til forna á íslenska sveitabæi
2001
Mists, Magicians and Murderous Children: International Migratory Legends Concerning the "Black Death" in Iceland
Framing the False Face: Analysing Disguise Traditions
Grýla, grýlur, "grøleks" and skeklers: medieval disguise traditions in the North Atlantic?
From Grímnismál to Graffiti: Themes and Approaches in 100 Years of Icelandic Folkloristics
2000
Galdramenn, gufa og útigangsbörn: Alþjóðlegar flökkusagnir um svartadauða á Íslandi
Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
1999
„Öskrað í gegnum glerið"
„Dame Bertha Phillpotts and the Search for Scandinavian Drama"
„The Myth as Dramatic Performance: Remnants of Pagan Ritual in the Poetic Edda"
1996
„The Rights of the Player"
Comparative Drama
1995
The Play of Skírnir
1994
Spássíukrot? Mælendamerkingar í handritum eddukvæða og miðaldaleikrita"
Skáldskaparmál
Grýla, Grýlur, Grøleks and Skeklers: Folk drama in the North Atlantic in the early Middle Ages?
1993
„Skírnisleikur og Freysmál: Endurmat eldri hugmynda um "forna norræna helgileiki"
Skírnir
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