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John Lindow


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John Lindow Norse Mythology John Lindow Oxford University Press


Books
  
Norse Mythology: A Guide t, Handbook of Norse Mythology, Trolls: An Unnatural History, Comitatus - individual and honor, Scandinavian Mythology: An Annot

John Lindow (born 1946) is a professor emeritus (University of California, Berkeley) specializing in Scandinavian medieval studies and folklore. Lindow's works include Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Rituals, and Beliefs, a handbook for Norse mythology. He received his Ph.D. in Germanic languages and literature from Harvard University in 1972 and began teaching at Berkeley in 1978. In 1977 he was elected as a corresponding member of the Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy.

Selected publications

  • Lindow, John (1976) Comitatus, individual and honor: Studies in north Germanic institutional vocabulary, University of California Press
  • Lindow, John (1978) Swedish legends and folktales, Berkeley: University of California Press
  • Lindow, John (1997) Murder Vengeance among the Gods: Baldr in Scandinavian Mythology, Helsinki : Suomalainen tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica
  • Lindow, John (2001) Handbook of Norse mythology, Santa Barbara, Calif. also published as Lindow, John (2001). Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515382-0.
  • Lindow, John (2014) Trolls: An Unnatural History. London: Reaction Books

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