Mood, magic, and metaphor: Allusions to weather and climate in the Sagas of Icelanders

Weather, Climate, Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 251-274

  Ogilvie, Astrid E J ^a   Pálsson, Gísli ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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