Autumn 2026
Nordic Folklore I
The Nine Worlds & Animism
The Nine Worlds, animist belief, and the sources behind the stories.
What you will study
Lessons
- The Nine Worlds in the Eddas — Cosmology as told in the Poetic and Prose Eddas.
- Animism and the living landscape — Land spirits, wights, and place in Norse belief.
- Sources and critical reading — Evaluating saga evidence and later folklore.