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Encounters at the Mound in Old Norse Literature: Dialogues between Landscape and Narrative

Adèle Kreager
Scandinavian Studies, December 2022, 94 (4) 399-430; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.94.4.0399
Adèle Kreager
University of Cambridge
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Encounters at the Mound in Old Norse Literature: Dialogues between Landscape and Narrative
Adèle Kreager
Scandinavian Studies Dec 2022, 94 (4) 399-430; DOI: 10.3368/sca.94.4.0399

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Encounters at the Mound in Old Norse Literature: Dialogues between Landscape and Narrative
Adèle Kreager
Scandinavian Studies Dec 2022, 94 (4) 399-430; DOI: 10.3368/sca.94.4.0399
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