LEADER 04785nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910540175603321 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
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, 606 $aMythology, Norse 606 $aReligion, Prehistoric$zScandinavia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMythology, Norse. 615 0$aReligion, Prehistoric 676 $a398.209363 701 $aAndren$b Anders$0688854 701 $aJennbert$b Kristina$01147345 701 $aRaudvere$b Catharina$0690916 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910540175603321 996 $aOld Norse religion in long-term perspectives$92688537 997 $aUNINA