Shapeshifters in Medieval North Atlantic Literature

The essays in this book highlight how shapeshifting cannot be studied in isolation, but intersects with many other topics, such as the supernatural, monstrosity, animality, gender and identity.

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Table of Contents1. Introduction: Medieval Thought and ShapeshiftingSantiago Barreiro - Luciana Cordo Russo2. Wundor wear on wege 'a wonder happened on the way': Shifting shapes and meanings in Old English RiddlesRafa? Borys?awski3. The Big Black Cats of Vatnsdalr and Other Trolls. Talking about shapeshifting in medieval Iceland0/00rmann Jakobsson4. The Hoard Makes the Dragon: Fáfnir as a Shapeshifter Santiago Barreiro5. Eigi í mannligu e li: Shape, Monstrosity and Berserkism in the ÍslendingasögurRebecca Merkelbach6. The Cursed and the Committed: A Study in Literary Representations of 'Involuntary' Shapeshifting in Early Medieval Irish and Old Norse Narrative TraditionsCamilla With Pedersen7. Unde sunt aues istae?: Notes on Bird-Shapeshifting, Bird Messengers, and Early Medieval HagiographySantiago Disalvo8. Sin, Punishment, and Magic: Changing Form in Medieval Welsh LiteratureLuciana Cordo RussoIndex