#833 - Kristyn J. Miller (Medieval Germanic Myths & Old English Epics)

Kristyn is a fiction author, essayist, and blogger with a passion for the intersection of language, cultural history, and literature. With interests  that extend from the Iron Age Europe through the 19th century. She blog's about everything from oral traditions to romantic poetry, but also specializes in Middle High German, Icelandic, and Old English epics. From looking at these texts through the lens of cultural and linguistic history: how they came to be popular, how the language was used, and what they can tell us today. Graduated magna cum laude from University of Redlands with a degree in literature, with an emphasis on medieval Germanic epics. Her critical essay “Swords, Serpents, and Symbolic Imagery: Examining the Sigemund Passage in Beowulf” received departmental honors. Currently pursuing her master’s in history and archival studies at Claremont Graduate University, with an emphasis on museum studies and the cultural history of medieval Germanic Europe.