Jana Krüger

Love and Eroticism in Medieval Norwegian Runic Inscriptions

The emotion most often expressed in runic inscriptions particularly on sticks and bones from the medieval towns of Norway, which often have graffiti-like texts, is love, at times more specifically erotic interest. The collection of such expressions from medieval Norway is here introduced and categorized. The texts are initially grouped according to form, i. e. prose or poetry. Those in prose are subdivided by content (love versus eroticism), whereas the poetic ones are arranged according to the type of meter (Eddic, skaldic, ballad-like) and include some examples with lyrical content but no obvious metrical structure. An appendix presents the entire material.

Die Faszination des Verborgenen und seine Entschlüsselung – Rāđi sa¿ kunni: Beiträge zur Runologie, skandinavistischen Mediävistik und germanischen Sprachwissenschaft

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