LEADER 04137nam 2200637 450 001 9910531956503321 005 20220517124829.0 010 $a91-87675-01-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000323519 035 $a(EBL)1903582 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001403137 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12594556 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001403137 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11365719 035 $a(PQKB)11735106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1903582 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1903582 035 $a(OCoLC)898769420 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000323519 100 $a20220517d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTracing old Norse cosmology $ethe world tree, middle earth, and the sun from archaeological perspectives /$fAnders Andre?n 210 1$aLund :$cNordic Academic Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (337 pages) 225 1 $aVa?gar till Midga?rd ;$v16 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a91-85509-38-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-230) and index. 327 $aCover; 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; O?landic comparisons 327 $aScandinavian 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 stones 327 $aThe 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 literature 330 $aThe study of Old Norse religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths, and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia have been studied and interpreted in detail relying mainly on Christian Icelandic literature from the Middle Ages. Here, Anders Andre?n offers a long-term perspective on Old Norse cosmology and argues that the fundamental ideas of an ordered universe, time, and space in Old Norse religion can be studied in a dialogue between archaeology and the Icelandic narrative tradition. Ideas about the world tree, middle earth, and the sun can be 410 0$aVa?gar till Midga?rd ;$v16. 606 $aCosmology, Norse 606 $aMythology, Norse 606 $aNorthmen$xReligion 606 $aArchaeology and religion$zScandinavia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCosmology, Norse. 615 0$aMythology, Norse. 615 0$aNorthmen$xReligion. 615 0$aArchaeology and religion 676 $a293.13 700 $aAndre?n$b Anders$f1952-$01225993 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910531956503321 996 $aTracing old Norse cosmology$92846468 997 $aUNINA