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The Endowing of Askr and Embla, and Its Reverberations in the Poetry of Egill Skallagrímsson

William Sayers
Scandinavian Studies, September 2023, 95 (3) 345-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/scs.95.3.345
William Sayers
Cornell University
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