LEADER 04784nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910453231203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9789185509833 010 $a91-85509-83-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001133430 035 $a(EBL)948927 035 $a(OCoLC)797917577 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000678555 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11482559 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678555 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10728899 035 $a(PQKB)11419693 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC948927 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL948927 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10593046 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001133430 100 $a20120906d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aOld Norse religion in long-term perspectives$b[electronic resource] $eorigins, changes, and interactions /$fAnders Andre?n, Kristina Jennbert & Catharina Raudvere (eds) 210 $aLund, Sweden $cNordic Academic Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (416 p.) 225 0$aVa?gar till Midga?rd ;$v8 300 $a"An international conference in Lund, Sweden, June 3-7, 2004." 311 $a91-89116-81-X 311 $a1-306-01888-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Copyright; Contents; The conference and its context; Old Norse religion; worldview and cosmology; Can archaeologists study prehistoric cosmology?; Narrative worlds, human environments, and poets; Centrality in Old Norse mental landscapes; A world of stone; Bound animal bodies; The imperative way; Homogeneity and heterogeneity in Old Norse cosmology; The gendering of death in eddic cosmology; The Askr and Embla myth in a comparative perspective; The edges of the Old Norse world-view; Hanging on the world tree; ritual and religious practice; Rituals, witnesses, and sagas 327 $aIron in the making - Technology and symbolismThe origins of Old Norse ritual and religion in European perspective; How to sort out ritual from context of practice; Escaping the allure of meaning; Myth and metallurgy; Humans and gods interacting at Augusta Treverorum in Late Antiquity; Performing death; The Roman Iron Age in perspectives and perceptions; Harnessing the hunger; Wolves, serpents, and birds; The horse and its role in Icelandic burial practices, mythology, and society; The heroized dead; Cemeteries and ritual meals; The universe container 327 $aRituals and powerRitual building and ritual space; The Uppa?kra beaker; Guldgubber; myth and memory; Erfikvęši - myth, ritual, elegy; Myth and the psychology of memory; The generic aspect of the Eddic style; Textual figures of O?šinn; Theories, explanatory models and terminology; Mythology as a mnemonic and literary device in Vatnsdoela saga; Poetry and practice; Where does Old Norse religion end?; Archaeology and sacrifice; Misconceptions concerning paganism and folklore in medieval art; Vo?luspa? and the tree of life; On wind and waves; Potentialities of Loki 327 $aInterpretations of Ynglingasaga and the MabinogiLove among gods and men; Past memories; Ancient mounds for new graves; A?sgaršr, Mišgaršr, and U?tgaršr; What shall we do with Reinaert the Fox?; Heroes, kings, and gods; The advent of the esteemed horseman-sovereign; reception and present-day use; The use and abuse of Old Norse religion; Kings, cowpies, and creation; The "Allgermanische Heidnische Front" and Old Norse religion; The organism within; From queen to sorcerer; Drudgery dwarf; The measures of Old Norse religion in long-term perspective 330 $a