University of Helsinki
Several publications have already appeared in connection with Anchor Study 5 on the transformation of oral traditions through writing.
A number of satellite publications have also appeared. An article series was developed on mythological concepts and their connection to words in language, of which the first installment is now appearing:
- Frog. 2022 (in press). “From Proto-Germanic *þur(i)saz to Karelian Iku Turso: A Case of Mythology, Language and the Lived Environment I: Proto-Germanic *þur(i)saz as Noun and Theonym”. RMN Newsletter 17.
Work on mythic discourse and its manifestations resulted in a paper on the ‘echoes’ of a mythic structure through historical writings from different genres, periods, and cultures:
- Frog. 2022. “Three Sons in the Third Generation: A Cosmogonic Genealogy Echoing through History”. In Pre-Print Papers of the 18th International Saga Conference: Sagas and the Circum-Baltic Arena, Helsinki and Tallinn, 7–14 August 2022. Ed. Frog, Joonas Ahola, Jesse Barber & Karolina Kouvola. Publications in Folklore Studies 24. Helsinki: Folklore Studies, University of Helsinki. Pp. 88–96.
The multimedia exhibit and video series organized in connection with the project also had an associated text publication:
- Frog, Joonas Ahola, Jesse Barber & Eila Stepanova. 2022. “Why Are Finnic Traditions Interesting for Old Norse Research?” In Pre-Print Papers of the 18th International Saga Conference. Pp. 390–409.
Work with the poetic traditions raised questions about rhyme in Germanic poetries, which resulted in new findings about the history of rhyme in Germanic traditions:
- Frog. 2023. “Rhyme in dróttkvætt, from Old Germanic Inheritance to Contemporary Poetic Ecology I: Overview and Argument”. Studia Metrica et Poetica 10(1): 7–35.