Shapeshifters in Medieval North Atlantic Literature

Dr Santiago Barreiro works as an assistant researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) in Buenos Aires. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Buenos Aires and an MA in Medieval Icelandic Studies from the University of Iceland. He has recently published a first translation of Hoensa-ióris saga into Spanish and co-edited (with Dr. Renan Birro) an introductory handbook on Norse studies aimed for Iberoamerican readers, plus numerous articles on medieval Icelandic literature and society. Dr Luciana Cordo Russo (PhD in Literature — University of Buenos Aires) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Scientific and Technical Research Council-Argentina and teaches at the University of San Martín. She has published articles on medieval Welsh translations, co-edited a volume on medieval literary genres for the University of Buenos Aires Press (Eudeba) and translated for the first time into Spanish the traditional Middle Welsh tales conventionally known as ‘Mabinogion’.

• Introduction: Medieval Thought and Shapeshifting Santiago Barreiro - Luciana Cordo Russo 1. Wundor wearð on wege 'a wonder happened on the way': Shifting shapes and meanings in Old English Riddles Rafa? Borys?awski 2. The Big Black Cats of Vatnsdalr and Other Trolls. Talking about shapeshifting in medieval Iceland Ármann Jakobsson 3. The Hoard Makes the Dragon: Fáfnir as a Shapeshifter Santiago Barreiro 4. Eigi í mannligu eðli: Shape, Monstrosity and Berserkism in the Íslendingasögur Rebecca Merkelbach 5. The Cursed and the Committed: A Study in Literary Representations of 'Involuntary' Shapeshifting in Early Medieval Irish and Old Norse Narrative Traditions Camilla With Pedersen 6. Unde sunt aues istae?: Notes on Bird-Shapeshifting, Bird Messengers, and Early Medieval Hagiography Santiago Disalvo 7. Sin, Punishment, and Magic: Changing Form in Medieval Welsh Literature Luciana Cordo Russo, Index.