The Sixth International Saga Conference
Helsingør
7 July — 2 August 1985

The Sixth International Saga Conference, 28.7-28.8 1985: Workshop papers I-II, ed. by Jonna Louis-Jensen, Christopher Sanders and Peter Springborg (Copenhagen: Det arnamagnæanske Institut, 1985).

1. Frederic Amory: Norse-Christian syncretism and interpretario christiana in Sólarljóð.
2. Andrea van Arkel: Computer aided editing: Arguments pro and contra.
3. Andrea van Arkel: Proposal for the encoding of material to be kept at the computer bank in Copenhagen.
4. Reidar Astås: Komplikatoren bak Stjórn I som teolog.
5. Paul Bibire: Hungrvaka, Þorláks saga helga and Páls saga byskups: The relationship between biography, history and hagiography (abstract).
6. Régis Boyer: Pagan sacral kingship in the konungasögur.
7. Jesse L. Byock: The power and wealth of the Icelandic church: Some talking points.
8. Birte Carlé: Eneboersken Hild: En norrøn jomfru-fortælling.
9. Martin Chase: Concatenatio as a structural element in the Christian drápur.
10. Marit Christoffersen & Otto B. Bekken: Algorismus i Hauksbók i europeisk perspektiv.
11. Carol J. Clover: Cold are the counsels of women: The tradition behind the tradition.
12. Margaret Clunies Ross: The influence of the medieval encyclopedia on Snorri’s Edda.
13. Robert Cook: The family sagas and the Bible.
14. Margaret Cormack: Saints and sinners: Death scenes in konunga and samtíðar sögur.
15. Helle Degnbol: Hvad en ordbog behøver — og andre ønsker.
16. Einar Pálsson: Celtic Christianity in pagan Iceland.
17. Einar G. Pétursson: Kirkjulegar ástæður fyrir ritun Landnámu.
18. Edward G. Fichtner: The textual history of Njáls saga: Evidence of and from arithmetical proportion.
19. Bjarne Fidjestøl: On a new edition of scaldic poetry.
20. Hans Fix: Wörterbuch und Grammatik als Folgeprodukte der computerunterstützten Textedition.
21. Roberta Frank: Hand tools and power tools in Eilífr’s Þórsdrápa.
22. Kaaren Grimstad: Editing the OI Elucidarius with the aid of the computer.
23. Gunnar Karlsson: The ethics of the Icelandic saga authors and their contemporaries: A comment on Hermann Pálsson’s theories on the subject.
24. Peter Hallberg: Imagery in religious Old Norse prose literature: An outline.
25. Odd Einar Haugen: The evaluation of stemmatic evidence: Recension and revision of Niðrstigningar saga.
26. Anne Heinrichs: Christliche Überformung traditioneller Erzählstoffe in der Legendarischen Ólafssaga.
27. Wilhelm Heizmann: Zur typologischen Interpretation des Magnificat in Maríu saga.
28. Hermann Pálsson: The transition from paganism to Christianity in early Icelandic literature.
29. Helle Jensen: Eiríks saga víðfǫrla: Appendiks 3.
30. Judith Jesch: Some early Christians in Landnámabók.
31. Jenny M. Jochens: The impact of Christianity on sexuality and marriage in the Kings’ sagas.
32. Jónas Kristjánsson: Sagas and Saints’ lives.
33. Peter A. Jorgensen: Rímur-derived prose: Jónatas saga (abstract).
34. Marinane E. Kalinke: The Icelandic Gregorius peccator and the European tradition.
35. Ian J. Kirby: The authorship of Konungs skuggsjá.
36. James E. Knirk: The role of the editor of a diplomatic edition.
37. Claus Krag: Element-guddomene — mytologi eller skolelærdom?
38. Henry Kratz: The vocabulary of paganism in the Heilagra manna sǫgur.
39. Riti Kroesen: The Christianization of two initiatory patterns in the Ǫrvar-Odds saga.
40. Hans Kuhn: The survival of medieval Christianity in the Icelandic folktale.
41. John Lindow: Norse mythology’s English connection: Methodological notes.
42. Hallvard Magerøy: The Christ—Baldr motive in saga literature.
43. Edith Marold: Das Gottesbild der christlichen Skaldik.
44. Jeffrey Alan Mazo: Sacred knowledge, kingship and Christianity: Myth and cultural change in medieval Scandinavia.
45. Bernadine McCreesh: Contrasting Christian and pagan motifs in certain Family sagas.
46. R. W. McTurk: The structural function of the conversion in saga-narrative (abstract).
47. Stephen A. Mitchell: Nú gef ek þik Óðni: Attitudes toward Odin in the Mythical-heroic sagas.
48. Richard Perkins: Christian elements in Flóamanna saga.
49. Joaquín Martínez Pizarro: Conversion narratives: Form and utility.
50. Edgar Polomé: Etymology, myth and interpretation: On some problems of the use of Eddic materials in comparative religion (abstract).
51. Rosemary Power: Christian influence in the Fornaldarsǫgur Norðrlanda.
52. Omeljan Pritsak: Die Anfänge der altnordischen Saga: Die Perspektive eines Historikers.
53. Arend Quak: Zur rechtlichen Stellung der Landnehmerinnen.
54. Eva Rode: Eyrbyggja saga: En sammenligning mellem A- og B-versionen.
55. Carlo Santini: Il racconto di Gunnarus nel Supplementum Historiae Norvagicae di Arngrímur Jónsson.
56. Hubert Seelow: Karlamagnús saga, Karl Magnus’ krønike und das Volksbuch Fierabras.
57. Inge Skovgaard-Petersen: Kristendommens betydning for Saxos Danmarkshistorie.
58. Desmond Slay: Ívens saga, Mírmanns saga and Ormr Snorrason’s book.
59. Ulrike Sprenger: Die Umgestaltung heroischer Figuren under dem Einfluss geistlicher Literatur.
60. Stefán Karlsson: Guðmundar sögur biskups: Authorial viewpoints and methods.
61. Steinunn Le Breton: Traduction ou adaption (Etude de Textes sur AM 645 4to) (abstract).
62. Sverrir Tómasson: Norðlenski Benediktínaskólinn.
63. George Tate: Heiðar stjörnur/heiðnar stjörnur: The confrontation of paganism and Christianity in Sólarljóð.
64. Paul Beekman Taylor: Kinds of evil and the evil of kind in early Icelandic literature.
65. Gryte van der Toorn-Piebenga: Comments and questions on the Old Norse miracles of Mary.
66. John Tucker: The relation of the Plácítus drápa to the Plácítus saga.
67. Mattias Tveitane: Interpretatio norrœna: Norrøne og antikke gudenavn i Clemens saga.
68. Diana Whaley: Heimskringla and its sources: The miracles of Oláfr helgi.