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Ármann Jakobsson - Professor

Ármann Jakobsson

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School of Humanities

Ármann Jakobsson

Professor

in Old Icelandic Literature

Location
Edda
Phone
525 - 5847
Email
armannja [at] hi.is

Unit
Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
Website
http://uni.hi.is/armannja/

Consultation hours
Appointment.
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4822-1684
Research portal – Ármann Jakobsson

Published works

2025

Minor Characters in Icelandic Sagas: A Narratological Study
The Big Black Cats of Vatnsdalr and Other Trolls
Fates, Faiths and Fauna: The Ins and Outs of Worldbuilding in Harðar saga ok Hólmverja

2024

Samtíðarsögur

2023

Suing for Peace: The Historiographer Sturla Þórðarson and the Icelandic Contemporary Sagas as Ideological DocumentsFabula
Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag
Andvari
Jón Thoroddsen
Þorsteins þáttr skelks
Skapti Þóroddsson
Sigurður Nordal
Færeyinga saga
Þættir
Markús Skeggjason
Illskan í íslenskum miðaldabókmenntumRitið
ЧТО ДЕЛАТЬ С «КНИГОЙ О ЗАНЯТИИ ЗЕМЛИ»?: О традиции, авторстве и о том, как исландские средневековые писцы создавали иллюзию реальностиСоциогуманитарные коммуникации
Uppfyllingarefni: Gamansögur í íslenskum blöðum og tímaritumSkírnir : tímarit Hins íslenska bókmenntafélags
Theodóra Thoroddsen
Hreiðar Stefánsson
Komdu að þvo fílinn minn
Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu
Jenna Jensdóttir
Skírnir
Coalbiters
Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða
Introduction
Fagurfræði hins smáa
Frá ritstjóraAndvari
Troll as Poet
Haraldskvæði
Eysteinn Arngrímsson, Lilja
Þorsteins þáttur stangarhöggs [The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck]
Björn inn krepphendi
Grottasöngr
Völundarkviða
Martinus saga
Möttuls saga [the saga of the cloak]
Kings’ Sagas
Cursing with trolls in Njáls saga: Taking Hallgerðr seriouslyOrð og tunga

2022

Sigurður Kristjánsson
The Merman and the Critics: A laughing sea-dweller is no laughing matter
Morkinskinna
Sverris saga
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in Medieval Iceland: Saga Realism and the Sworn Brothers
Páls saga biskups
Watch Out for the Skin Deep: Medieval Icelandic TransformationsArts
Medieval sagas
Gissur Ísleifsson
Grímur Thomsen og Fornmanna sögur
Finnur Jónsson

2021

Disability in Medieval Iceland
Um exame crítico de contendasForma de vida
Þegar bókmenntategundir blandastTímarit Máls og menningar
The magical pastFilologia Germanica – Germanic Philology
The Lion, the Dream, and the PoetMirator

2020

The ‘Decline of Realism’ and inefficacious Old Norse literary genres and sub-genresScandia
Paranormal encounters in Iceland 1150-1400
Troll PoliticsGeorgetown Journal of International Affairs
"I see dead people"
Morkinskinna (ca. 1220)
Foreword
The Flexible Maculinity of LokiLimes
The Making of a Viking King
Law Personified
Ólafs saga helga
Disability before disabilityScandinavian Studies
Morkinskinna (ca. 1220)
Otherness, Monstrosity and Deviation
Vel menntaðir menn ávallt velkomnir
Man and Mountain

2019

2018

Fornir Haraldar
Um fróða menn og málspaka
Skaraðir skór
Finnur Jónsson
Sögurnar hans GuðnaSkírnir
Krepphent skáld frá upphafi 12. aldarSón: tímarit um óðfræði
The Big Black Cats of Vatnsdalr and Other Trolls: Talking about Shapeshifting in Medieval Iceland
Bergbúa þáttr: The Story of a Paranormal Encounter
Remnants of Indigenous Beliefs in the Other World in Saga Literature
Horror in the medieval north
Bergbúa þáttr
Text editions
Í aukahlutverki
The Big Black Cats of Vatnsdalr and Other Trolls
Remnants of Indigenous Beliefs in the Other World in Saga Literature

2017

Structure
The routledge research companion to the medieval icelandic sagas
Introduction
The Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North
The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas
Introduction
Quand Skarphédinn parleNordiques
Íslendingasögur í mótunAndvari
Smaladrengurinn og frásagnarlist ÍslendingasagnaTímarit Máls og menningar
Léttstíg dönsk gamalmenni í barnabókum frá öldinni sem leið
Viking childhood
A personal account

2016

Fræðinæmi
Hver er hræddur við drauga?Börn og menning
Staksteinar í fulltrúalýðræðinu
Text editions
Finnur Jónsson

2015

Finnur Jónsson
King Sverrir of Norway and the foundations of his powerMedium Aevum
Beware of the elf! A note on the evolving meaning of álfarFolklore (United Kingdom)
Illa fenginn mjöður
Skarphéðinn talarRitið
Views to a KillSaga-Book
King Arthur and the Kennedy AssassinationScandinavian-Canadian studies
Ingen tid för diskussionNordisk tidskrift för vetenskap, konst och industri
Thorolf’s choice family and goodness in Egil’s Saga, ch. 40
Beware of the Elf! A Note on the Evolving Meaning of ÁlfarFolklore
Thorolf's Choice: Family and Godness in Egil's Saga, Ch. 40
HVAÐ Á AÐ GERA VIÐ LANDNÁMU? Um hefð, höfunda og raunveruleikablekkingu íslenskra miðaldasagnaritaGripla

2014

Young love in SagalandViking and Medieval Scandinavia
Tradition and the Individual Talent: The 'Historical Figure' in the Medieval Sagas, a Case StudyViator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Tradition and the Individual TalentViator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The Madness of King Sigurðr
The Homer of the North orEuropean Journal of Scandinavian Studies
The Homer of the North, Or: Who Was Sigurður the Blind?European Journal of Scandinavian Studies
Íslendingaþættir
Hún er alltaf svo reið
A Sense of Belonging

2013

Medeltidens trollbegrepp
The taxonomy of the non-existentFabula
The life and death of the medieval icelandic short storyJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Image is everythingParergon
Conversion and sacrifice in the Þiðrandi episode in Flateyjarbók
Introduction
Inngangur
Inngangur
Introduction
Fötlun og menning : Íslandssagan í öðru ljósi
Enginn tími fyrir umræðuSkírnir
Nine Saga Studies
Judy Garland er löngu dauðRitið
Fötlun á Íslandi á miðöldum

2012

The earliest legendary saga manuscripts
Sérkennilegur, undarlegur og furðulegur einfari, eða:Andvari
Inventing a saga formFilologia Germanica – Germanic Philology
Formáli
Öskudags- og miðdegisdjöflar
Hver er hræddur við handalausa manninn?Spássían
Bókmenntir í nýju landi
The Place of Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar in Eggertsbók, a Late Medieval Icelandic Saga-book
The Place of Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar in Eggertsbók, a Late Medieval Icelandic Saga-book
Hverju reiddust goðin?Tímarit Máls og menningar
Fiskar og mjólk annan hvern dag

2011

Beast and Man: Realism and the Occult in Egils sagaScandinavian Studies
Óðinn as Mother: The Old Norse Deviant PatriarchArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Vampires and watchmenJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Beast and manScandinavian Studies
Óðinn as motherArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Allur raunveruleiki er framleiddurRitið
Vampires and Watchmen: Categorizing the Mediaeval Icelandic UndeadJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Morkinskinna I

2010

Um hvað fjallaði Blágagladrápa?
Friðkolla
Enter the Dragon
Morkinskinna
Icelandic sagas
Kings’ sagas
Íslenskir draugar frá landnámi til lúterstrúarSkírnir

2009

Why Be Afraid?
Illa fenginn mjöður
The Fearless Vampire Killers: A Note about the Icelandic Draugr and Demonic Contamination in Grettis SagaFolklore
Food and the north-icelandic identity in 13th century iceland and norway
Loki og jötnarnir
'Er Saturnús er kallaðr en vér köllum Frey'
Identifying the Ogre
The Impetuousness of Þráinn SigfússonArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Talk to the DragonTolkien Studies
The Fearless Vampire KillersFolklore
Talk to the Dragon: Tolkien as TranslatorTolkien Studies
The Impetuousness of Þráinn Sigfússon: Leadership, Virtue and Villainy in Njáls sagaArkiv for Nordisk Filologi

2008

A Contest of Cosmic Fathers: God and Giant in VafþrúðnismálNeophilologus
The patriarch
The Trollish Acts of Þorgrímr the WitchSaga-Book
Laxdœla Dreaming: A Saga Heroine Invents Her Own LifeLeeds Studies in English
Að losa sig við umskiptinginnSkírnir
Vad är ett troll?Saga och sed
Aldraðir Íslendingar 1100-1400Saga: tímarit Sögufélags
En plats i en ny värld: Bilden av riddarsamhället i MorkinskinnaScripta Islandica
Egils saga and Empathy: Emotions and Moral Issues in a Dysfunctional Saga FamilyScandinavian Studies
Royal Biography
A contest of cosmic fathersNeophilologus
En plats i en ny världScripta Islandica
Textreferenzen in der Morkinskinna. Geschichten über Dichtung und Geschichten.Skandinavistik
Laxdæla DreamingLeeds Studies in English
Egils saga and empathyScandinavian Studies
Enabling Love
Hversu argur er Óðinn?
Hvað er tröll?

2007

Masculinity and Politics in Njáls SagaViator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Masculinity and politics in njáls sagaViator - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Two Wise Women and Their Young Apprentice: A Miscarried Magic ClassArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Níu spurningar um fötlun og fjöldamenningu
Two wise women and their young apprenticeArkiv for Nordisk Filologi

2006

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Friend of the Meek
Where Do the Giants Live?Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Róbinsonsögur frá 21. öldinniSkírnir
Interrogating genre in the fornaldarsögurViking and Medieval Scandinavia
Sérnöfn verða samnöfn. Hálfvísindaleg netkönnun.
Sérnöfn verða samnöfn. Hálfvísindaleg netkönnun.
Royal Biography
Róbinsonsögur frá 21. öldinni: Í tilefni af komu veruleikasjónvarpsins til ÍslandsSkírnir
The extreme emotional life of vo̧lundr the elfScandinavian Studies
Sérnöfn verða samnöfn. Hálfvísindaleg netkönnun.
The Extreme Emotional Life of Volundr the ElfScandinavian Studies
Where Do the Giants Live?Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi

2005

The Good, the Bad, and the UglyMediaeval Scandinavia : a journal devoted to the study of mediaeval civilization in Scandinavia and Iceland
Royal Biography
The Hole: Problems in Medieval DwarfologyArv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore
Að kunna sér hóf í alvörunni
Ástin á tímum þjóðveldisins
Sinn eiginn smiður: Ævintýrið um Sverri konungSkírnir
The Specter of Old Age: Nasty Old Men in the Sagas of IcelandersJournal of English and Germanic Philology
The HoleArv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore
Sinn eiginn smiðurSkírnir
The specter of old ageJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Veiðimaður, spjátrungur og innlifun: Sjón og sögulega skáldsaganTímarit Máls og menningar

2004

Some Types of Ambiguities in the Sagas of the IcelandersArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
The Hunted Children of Kings: A Theme in the Old Icelandic SagasScandinavica
The hunted children of kingsScandinavica
Some Types of Ambiguities in the Sagas of the IcelandersArkiv for Nordisk Filologi

2003

Hættulegur hlátur
[Staður í nýjum heimi: Kongasagan Morkinskinna]Gripla
Snorri and his deathScandinavian Studies
Konungurinn og ég
Den kluntede afskriverOpuscula
Two Old Ladies at Þváttá and 'History from below' in the Fourteenth Century
Troublesome Children in the Sagas of the IcelandersSaga-Book
Tolkien og Hringurinn
Troublesome Children in the Sagas of IcelandersSaga-Book
Den kluntede afskriver: Finnur Jónsson og MorkinskinnaOpuscula
Snorri and His Death: Youth, Violence, and Autobiography in Medieval IcelandScandinavian Studies
Queens of Terror

2002

Eðli illskunnar: morðingjar Agöthu ChristieTímarit Máls og menningar
Rangtúlkun veruleikans: Enid Blyton morðsögunnar?Tímarit Máls og menningar
Our Norwegian FriendArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Uppreisn æskunnarSkírnir
Our Norwegian Friend: The Role of Kings in the Family SagasArkiv for Nordisk Filologi
Kröpp lægð yfir Vesturheimi?Ritið
Nietzsche í Grjótaþorpinu
Uppreisn æskunnar: Unglingasagan um Flóres og BlankiflúrSkírnir
Í leit að konungi

2001

Strukturelle Brüche in der Morkinskinna
Dulargervið
Fjallkona með unglingaveikina
The Amplified SagaMedium Aevum
Dagfinnur dýralæknir og trúin á alheimstungunaTímarit Máls og menningar
The Amplified Saga: Structural Disunity in MorkinskinnaMedium Aevum
Formáli

2000

Um uppruna MorkinskinnuGripla
Dagrenning norrænnar sögu: Íslenzk menning og íslensk miðaldafræðiTímarit Máls og menningar
The Individual and the Ideal: The Representation of Royalty in MorkinskinnaJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Byskupskjör á Íslandi
Ekki kosta munurSkírnir
Ekki kosta munur: Kynjasaga frá 13. öldSkírnir
The Individual and the IdealJournal of English and Germanic Philology
Kongesagaen som forsvandt
X-kynslóðin og endalok sögunnar

1999

Le Roi ChevalierScandinavian Studies
Á aldarafmæli Enid Blyton
Royal Pretenders and Faithful Retainers: The Icelandic Vision of Kingship in TransitionGardar
Rundt om kongenMaal og Minne
Le Roi Chevalier: The Royal Ideology and Genre of Hrólfs saga krakaScandinavian Studies
The rex inutilis in IcelandMajestas
Rundt om kongen: En genvurdering af MorkinskinnaMaal og Minne
Er Oddaverjaþætti treystandi?Ný saga

1998

Konungasagan LaxdaelaSkírnir
King and Subject in MorkinskinnaSkandinavistik
Konungasagan LaxdælaSkírnir
History of the Trolls? Bárðar saga as an Historical NarrativeSaga-Book
King and Subject in MorkinskinnaSkandinavistik
History of the Trolls?Saga-Book

1997

Konge og undersåt i Morkinskinna
Staður í nýjum heimi

1996

'Hinn blindi sjáandi': Hallbera í Urðarseli og Halldór LaxnessSkírnir
Hinn blindi sjáandiSkírnir

1995

Hákon HákonarsonSaga: tímarit Sögufélags
Mjög eru þeir menn framir. Fyrsti málfræðingurinn fundinn

1994

Nokkur orð um hugmyndir Íslendinga um konungsvald fyrir 1262
Sannyrði sverðaSkáldskaparmál

Keywords for Specialisation:

Medieval literature. Cultural Studies. Folklore

History of scholarship

Sagas of Icelanders

Legendary sagas

Late medieval poetry

The supernatural

Medieval aesthetics

Paranormal encounters

Medieval editions