Old Norse supernatural — Mart Kuldkepp

I have a long-standing interest in Old Norse literature. For several years, I was active as a translator to Estonian of Old Norse literary works. In 2014, while working in University of Tartu, Daniel Sävborg and I succeeded in securing research funds for project PUT479: 'Encountering the Otherworld in Medieval Nordic Literature: New Perspectives'. From summer 2014 to the end of August 2015 (when I left for UCL) I was employed as one of its research staff. The research outputs include two articles in edited volumes.

Relevant publications:

A Study in Distance: Travel and Holiness in Eiríks saga rauða and Eireks saga víðförla. Ülo Valk, Daniel Sävborg (eds.). Storied and Supernatural Places: Studies in Spatial and Social Dimensions of Folklore and Sagas. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. (Studia Fennica Folkloristica; 23), 2018, pp. 206-219.
The People, the Bishop and the Beast: Remediation and Reconciliation in Einarr Gilsson's Selkolluvísur. Daniel Sävborg, Karen Bek-Pedersen (eds.). Supernatural Encounters in Old Norse Literature and Tradition. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2018, pp. 105-122.