04137nam 2200637 450 991053195650332120220517124829.091-87675-01-3(CKB)3710000000323519(EBL)1903582(SSID)ssj0001403137(PQKBManifestationID)12594556(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001403137(PQKBWorkID)11365719(PQKB)11735106(MiAaPQ)EBC1903582(Au-PeEL)EBL1903582(OCoLC)898769420(EXLCZ)99371000000032351920220517d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTracing old Norse cosmology the world tree, middle earth, and the sun from archaeological perspectives /Anders AndrénLund :Nordic Academic Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (337 pages)Vägar till Midgård ;16Description based upon print version of record.91-85509-38-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-230) and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Old Norse cosmology as an archaeological challenge; Cosmological aspects of Old Norse religion; The chronological and spatial horizons of Old Norse cosmology; Archaeology and Old Norse cosmology; Three archaeological studies; 2. In the shadow of Yggdrasill; Mythological trees; Real trees; Representations of trees; The archaeology of 'tree settings'; The semiotics of the 'tree settings'; The world from the view-point of 'tree settings'; The tree in Old Norse religion; 3. A world of stone; A biography of Ismantorp; Ölandic comparisonsScandinavian fortsOutlines of an early Scandinavian martial culture; War as ritualized action; War and cosmology; Models and parallels; Back to Ismantorp; Ismantorp and Old Norse cosmology; 4. Whirls, horses, and ships; Early picture stones on Gotland; New contexts; An initial pictorial analysis; A return trip to Bronze Age iconography; Bridging the gap between Eskelhem and Sanda; Bronze Age perspectives on early Gotlandic picture stones; Metalwork in the Iron Age; A special case: the gold bracteates; Iron Age perspectives on early Gotlandic picture stonesThe sun in later mythological contextsTracing sun rituals; The disappearance of solar symbols and sun rituals in the sixth century; Solar traditions through time; 5. Placing Old Norse cosmology in time and space; Different trajectories; The Migration Period as a cluster of changes; The Huns; The dust veil; The disappearance of the sun-oriented traditions in the sixth century; A golden age; Outlines of a new context; References; Primary Old Norse sources; Other primary sources and secondary literatureThe study of Old Norse religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths, and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia have been studied and interpreted in detail relying mainly on Christian Icelandic literature from the Middle Ages. Here, Anders Andrén offers a long-term perspective on Old Norse cosmology and argues that the fundamental ideas of an ordered universe, time, and space in Old Norse religion can be studied in a dialogue between archaeology and the Icelandic narrative tradition. Ideas about the world tree, middle earth, and the sun can beVägar till Midgård ;16.Cosmology, NorseMythology, NorseNorthmenReligionArchaeology and religionScandinaviaElectronic books.Cosmology, Norse.Mythology, Norse.NorthmenReligion.Archaeology and religion293.13Andrén Anders1952-1225993MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910531956503321Tracing old Norse cosmology2846468UNINA