"The Comparative Vǫluspá" is Now Available for Use
Vǫluspá is the most widely studied and celebrated poem in the Old Norse corpus. However, readers who own a few different translations of it know how different they can be from one another.
Translators also greatly benefit from comparing their rendering decisions who those who came before them, and students of the poems regularly seek out discussion of the poem's tightly-packed stanzas, particularly some of its more troublesome items.
Introducing "The Comparative Vǫluspá"
The Old Norse poem Vǫluspá is perhaps the most famous and widely studied Old Norse poem. However, to date it has been difficult and time consuming to quickly compare the many English language translations the poem. To help remedy this problem, we’re happy to announce that we are introducing a new resource: The Comparative Vǫluspá.
The Grimmdex
Throughout the 1880s, James Stallybrass published “Teutonic Mythology”, a four volume edition of iconic scholar Jacob Grimm’s immensely influential “Deutsche Mythologie”. Frequently discussed by scholars to this day, the text is notoriously difficult to approach. The Grimmdex aims to make “Teutonic Mythology” more accessible by greatly expanding the resource’s table of contents.
Museum Resources: Digital Collection Catalogues
Museums throughout Europe house the most important objects studied by scholars active in the field of Ancient Germanic studies. As of 2021, many larger museums in the region make their collections available to the public for free online. The present resource consists of a list of museum websites that contain such catalogues.
PDF version of "Meeting the Rus' through Translation'" now online
The world's first in-depth overview of 'full' English translations of Ahmad ibn Fadlan's Risala is now available online as a PDF at Academia.edu.
Edda to English revised, expanded, and now available in PDF format
Mimisbrunnr.info has revised, greatly expanded, and made available a PDF version of “Edda to English: A Survey of English Language Translations of the Prose Edda”.
Print-friendly PDF of the Simdex now online
Ever wanted to print out Mimisbrunnr.info’s The Simdex: An Unofficial Index for Rudolf Simek’s “Dictionary of Northern Mythology” and place it in the back of Rudolf Simek’s Dictionary of Northern Mythology? You’re in luck!
Introducing r/AncientGermanic
Mimisbrunnr.info now administers the new subreddit r/AncientGermanic for friendly, educational, and inclusive discussion of news in the field and the general discussion of topics relevant to ancient Germanic studies. You’re invited!
A Survey of Saxo Grammaticus's "Gesta Danorum" in English Translation
While made internationally famous as the earliest source to mention a narrative that would later develop into 17th century English playwright Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Gesta Danorum also holds a particular place in medieval history due to mention of otherwise poorly attested places and peoples, and especially due to the mention of motifs, themes, and entities from Norse mythology in its first nine volumes.