Icelandic Folklore and the Cultural Memory of Religious Change

Introduction: Stories, Memories, and Modalities Belief
Chapter 1-The Dead Bridegroom Carries off his Bride: Pejoration and Adjacency Pairs in ATU 365
Chapter 2-The Elf-Woman's Conversion: Gender Spheres in Post-Medieval Icelandic Folktales
Chapter 3- The Fylgjur of Iceland: Attendant Spirits and a Distorted Sense of Guardianship
Chapter 4-The Elf Church: Memories of Contested Sacred Spaces
Chapter 5-The Stupid Boy and the Devil: Sæmundur Fróði, Magic, and Redemption
Conclusion: The Transformation of Memory and of Self
Selected Bibliography
Index