This volume contains a broad collection of new essays in Old Norse studies, archeology, runology, and visual culture. The addressed topics range from the Ring of the Nibelung, figurines of Odin, and the miracles of Mary to necromancers, Old Norse sagas, and remarkable runic inscriptions. It presents various aspects of archeological scholarship through an analysis of textual and pictorial sources, archeological finds, and place names.

A. Bauer, LMU München and A. Pesch, Zentrum für Baltische und Skandinavische Archäologie, Schleswig, Germany.