Heathen Elements in Draumkvæði und Sólarljóð. An Attempt to Inquire about the Background of two Scandinavian Mediaeval Visionary Poems

Abstract

An attempt to classify Christian and heathen elements in Old Norwegian Lay of the Dream and Old Icelandic Lay of the Sun. The classification is used as a hint to the poems' dating and ideological background.

Keywords

• Ballad Research
• Scandinavian Ballads
• Christian Literature
• Old Norse Heathen Religion