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Old Norse Mythology--comparative Perspectives

2017 Mythology, Norse
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Release : 2017
Genre : Mythology, Norse
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Book Synopsis Old Norse Mythology--comparative Perspectives by : Pernille Hermann

Download or read book Old Norse Mythology--comparative Perspectives written by Pernille Hermann. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The existing manuscripts of Old Norse mythology were written mainly by Christians, obscuring the pre-Christian oral histories. This book assembles comparisons from a range of analytical perspectives--examining the similarities and differences of the Old Norse mythologies with the myths of other cultures and within the Old Norse corpus itself.

Theorizing Old Norse Myth

2017 Electronic books
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Release : 2017
Genre : Electronic books
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Book Synopsis Theorizing Old Norse Myth by : Stefan Brink

Download or read book Theorizing Old Norse Myth written by Stefan Brink. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives

2006-01-01 History
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Release : 2006-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives by : Anders Andrén

Download or read book Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives written by Anders Andrén. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of Old Norse Religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia are investigated and interpreted by archaeologists, historians, art historians, historians of religion as well as scholars of literature, onomastics and Scandinavian studies. For obvious reasons, these studies belong to the main curricula in Scandinavia but are also carried out at many other universities in Europe, the United States and Australia a fact that is evident to any reader of this book. In order to bring this broad and varied field of research together, an international conference on Old Norse religion was held in Lund in June 2004. About two hundred delegates from more than fifteen countries took part. The intention was to gather researchers to encourage and improve scholarly exchange and dialogue, and Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives presents a selection of the proceedings from that conference. The 75 contributions elucidate topics such as worldview and cosmology, ritual and religious practice, myth and memory as well as the reception and present-day use of Old Norse religion. The main editors of this volume have directed the multidisciplinary research project Roads to Midgard since 2000. The project is based at Lund University and funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.

Tracing Old Norse Cosmology

2014-01-01 History
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Release : 2014-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Tracing Old Norse Cosmology by : Anders Andrén

Download or read book Tracing Old Norse Cosmology written by Anders Andrén. This book was released on 2014-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Norse religion is considered as one of the best-known pre-Christian religions in Europe, due to the rich and varied Icelandic literature from the 12th to the 14th century. Since the Icelandic texts are Christian there has been an ongoing debate regarding their value as sources for deeper knowledge about pre-Christian religion in Scandinavia. However, with the help of archaeology it is possible to show that some elements in the texts actually have a pagan origin. Archaeology can also be used to outline a history of Old Norse religion through time. The collection of essays is a thorough study of some fundamental cosmological elements in Old Norse religion, such as the sun, the world-tree and the concept of Midgard (i.e. Middle Earth). Andrén argues that representations of all these elements can be traces through images and material culture during different parts of Scandinavian prehistory. By studying the history of these representations it is possible to outline a long-term perspective on Old Norse religion, including periods of fundamental changes.

Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives

2006-01-12 Social Science
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Release : 2006-01-12
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives by : Anders Andrén

Download or read book Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives written by Anders Andrén. This book was released on 2006-01-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consisting of more than 70 papers written by scholars concerned with pre-Christian Norse religion, the articles discuss subjects such as archaeology, art history, historical archaeology, history, history of ideas, theological history, literature, onomastics, Scandinavian languages, and Scandinavian studies. The interdisciplinary aim of the book brings together text-based and material-based researchers to improve scholarly exchange and dialogue and provide a variety of contributions that elucidate topics such as worldview and cosmology, ritual and religious practice, myth and memory, as well as reception and present-day use of old Norse religion.

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