"I see dead people": The externalization of paranormal experience in medieval Iceland

Ármann Jakobsson

doi:10.1515/9781501513862-2

"I see dead people": The externalization of paranormal experience in medieval Iceland

Ármann Jakobsson^*

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Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies

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Abstract

Every paranormal encounter involves at least two people: The human whose experience is being narrated and an intended listener. A third figure could be the paranormal entity sighted in the encounter, but in this study it is suggested that the impulse to direct attention towards what the humans see during a paranormal encounter should be resisted. An example from Njáls saga is used to suggest a new focus.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Paranormal Encounters in Iceland 1150-1400
Publisher	de Gruyter
Pages	9-19
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781501513862
ISBN (Print)	9781580443296
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501513862-2
Publication status	Published - 23 Mar 2020

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