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200 00$aMore than mythology$b[electronic resource] $enarratives, ritual practices and regional distribution in pre-Christian Scandinavian religions /$fedited by Catharina Raudvere & Jens Peter Schjødt
210   $aLund, Sweden $cNordic Academic Press$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (289 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a91-85509-71-X 
311   $a1-306-01884-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $aCover; Copyright; Contents; 1. The Study of Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions; 2. Mythic Acts; 3. The Merits and Limits of Comparative Philology; 4. Diet and Deities; 5. Fictive Rituals in Vo?luspa?; 6. Continuity, Change and Regional Variation in Old Norse Religion; 7. Gender, Sexuality and the Supranormal; 8. Literary Representation of Oral Religion; 9. 'Religious Ruler Ideology' in Pre-Christian Scandinavia; 10. Reflections on Aims and Methods in the Study of Old Norse Religion
330   $aWritten by distinguished scholars from multiple perspectives, this account widens the interpretative scope on religious life among the pre-Christian Scandinavian people. The religion of the Viking Age is conventionally identified through its mythology: the ambiguous character Odin, the forceful Thor, and the end of the world approaching in Ragnaro?k. However, pre-Christian religion consisted of so much more than mythic imagery and legends, and has lingered for long in folk tradition. Exploring the religion of the North through an interdisciplinary approach, the book sheds new light on a number 
606   $aMythology, Norse
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