Ásdís Egilsdóttir (2002)

St. Margaret, Patroness of Childbirth

In: Mythological Women: Studies in Memory of Lotte Motz (1922-1997), ed. by Rudolpf Simek and Wilhelm Heizmann. Fassbaender, Wien, pp. 319-330.

Abstract

Examines the ambiguous nature of dragons and serpents in Norse mythology, the theme of a confrontation with a dragon in folklore and hagiography, and the cult of St. Margaret of Antioch in Iceland.