Kleiner Yuri Professor, Doctor, Doctor (habil.) Department of General Linguistics, St. Petersburg State University. 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia E-mail: yurikleiner@hotmail.com; y.kleyner@spbu.ru Articles FROM EPIC TO BALLAD: THE FAROESE ‘SJÚRÐUR CYCLE’ ON THE ORIGIN OF ICELANDIC PREASPIRATION *Wōðanaz/Óðinn OUTSIDE THE GERMANIC PANTHEON