1st Edition
Weather Magic in Medieval Scandinavia Old Norse-Icelandic Traditions in Broader Scandinavian Contexts
Lists of figures
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Section I: Conceptualising Weather Magic
Chapter One: Lexicon of Storms: Weather-Magic Terminology
Chapter Two: Reading the Winds: Weather Divination and Efficatory Weather Magic
Chapter Three: Performing Weather Magic: Ritual, Speech, and Symbol
Section II: Weather Magic Performers
Chapter Four: Indigenous Weather Magic: Saami, Bjarmians, Kvens, and Norse Exchange
Chapter Five: Magic or Miracle? Christian Counter-Magic and Weather Saints
Chapter Six: Weather Magic and Elite Power: Representations of Óðinn in Medieval Scandinavia
Conclusion: The Cultural Climate of the North
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Jennifer Hemphill is an independent researcher in Scandinavian Studies whose work explores the cultural history of magic in Northern Europe. She holds a PhD in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Aberdeen and is a co-founder of the international conference series Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North. Based in Copenhagen, her research combines literary, historical, and folkloric sources to examine how magic shaped medieval and early modern worldviews across the Nordic region.
