Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape itself.

Michael D.J. Bintley, Thomas J.T. Williams

Representing Beasts in Early Medieval England and Scandinavia: an Introduction - Michael D.J. Bintley and Thomas J.T. Williams
Between Myth and Reality: Hunter and Prey in Early Anglo-Saxon Art - Noël Adams
'(Swinger of) the Serpent of Wounds': Swords and Snakes in the Viking Mind - Sue Brunning
Wreoþenhilt ond wyrmfah: Confronting Serpents in Beowulf and Beyond - Victoria Symons
The Ravens on the Lejre Throne: Avian Identifiers, Odin at Home, Farm Ravens - Marijane Osborn
Beowulf's Blithe-Hearted Raven - Eric Lacey
Do Anglo-Saxons Dream of Exotic Sheep? - László Sándor Chardonnens
You Sexy Beast: The Pig in a Villa in Vandalic North Africa and Boar-Cults in Old Germanic Heathendom - Richard North
'For the Sake of Bravado in the Wilderness': Confronting the Bestial in Anglo-Saxon Warfare - Thomas J.T. Williams
Where the Wild Things Are in Old English Poetry - Michael D.J. Bintley
Entomological Etymologies: Creepy-Crawlies in English Place-Names - John Baker
Beasts, Birds and Other Creatures in Pre-Conquest Charters and Place-Names in England - Della Hooke