Fenja and Menja
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The MyNDIR Team
Baer,
Trish (en.)
b. 25th January 1952
Occupation: Adjunct Professor in Medieval Studies; Digital Scholarship Fellow in the Electronic Texts and Culture Lab; editor and MyNDIR-IDG (Insight Development Grant) Team Leader
Occupation: Adjunct Professor in Medieval Studies; Digital Scholarship Fellow in the Electronic Texts and Culture Lab; editor and MyNDIR-IDG (Insight Development Grant) Team Leader
Artifacts
Grotti (non.)
The mill that the enslaved giantesses, Fenja and Menja, are forced to
turn in the Eddaic poem Grottasöngr>
Giants and Giantesses
Menja (non.)
A giantess, who along with Fenja, turns the mill named Grotti in the
Edaic poem Grottasöngr.
Menja (non.)
A giantess, who along with Menja, turns the mill named Grotti in the
Edaic poem Grottasöngr.
Nouns
Victorian (en.)The
Victorian era began with the reign of Queen Victoria and ended with her
death (June 20, 1837 – January 22, 1901).
Source Materials:
Grottasöngr (non.)
The Song of Grótti (en.)
Eddaic poem that was not included in the Codex Regius. However, it is extant in two
manuscripts of Snorri's Edda.
The poem tells of two enslaved giantesses, Fenja and Menja, who are
forced to turn the mill Grotti.
Wonderful Stories
from Northern Lands (en.)Julia Goddard's collection of
retellings based on eddaic poems, sagas and ballads.
Source Persons
Goddard,
Julia (en.)
b. 11th July 1825
d. 30th September 1896
Nationality: British
Julia Goddard was a British children's writer, animal rights activist, journalist and artist. She wrote over 25 books in her lifetime.
d. 30th September 1896
Nationality: British
Julia Goddard was a British children's writer, animal rights activist, journalist and artist. She wrote over 25 books in her lifetime.
Weigand,
W.J. (en.)
b. Unknown
d. Unknown
Nationality: British
Illustrator and draughtsman whose work was published in many London magazines.
d. Unknown
Nationality: British
Illustrator and draughtsman whose work was published in many London magazines.