Slouching Towards Extimacy

INTRODUCTION: HYBRIDITIES AND CONTEXTS    5
CHAPTER ONE: THE POWER OF GIFTS    13

GOLD ON GRUNDE: GOLD, KINGSHIP, AND KINSHIP    25
DÉORAN SWEORDE: SWORDS, WARRIORS, AND KINGS    37
WORDUM WRIXLAN: THE CIRCULATION OF WORDS    44
BÁNLOCAN: BONE-LOCKS AND BODIES    50
CHAPTER TWO: THE BORDERS OF THE BODY    76
ENTA AERGEWEORC: THE WORK OF GIANTS    80
WÆLSINGES GEWIN: SIGEMUND    88
WÉLANDES GEWEORC: WELAND THE SMITH    96
THE DRAUGAR AND THE BARROW    98
HÉ GEBOLGEN WÆS: THE BORDERS OF THE BODY AND THE LIMITS OF THE HUMAN    107
BEE-WOLF AND BEAR-SHIRT: THE BERSERKER TRADITION    114
SLOUCHING TOWARDS EXTIMACY    119
CONCLUSION: PATHWAYS AND FUTURES    122