The archaeology of slavery in early Medieval Northern Europe : the invisible commodity / / Felix Biermann, Marek Jankowiak, editors
| The archaeology of slavery in early Medieval Northern Europe : the invisible commodity / / Felix Biermann, Marek Jankowiak, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 pages) |
| Disciplina | 306.362 |
| Collana | Themes in Contemporary Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Slavery - Europe, Northern - History
Slave trade - Europe, Northern - History |
| ISBN | 3-030-73291-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910510580203321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beowulf and the North Before the Vikings / / Tom Shippey
| Beowulf and the North Before the Vikings / / Tom Shippey |
| Autore | Shippey T. A. |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leeds, England : , : Arc Humanities Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (136 pages) |
| Disciplina | 737 |
| Collana | Past Imperfect Series |
| Soggetto topico | Civilization |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN |
1-64189-933-6
1-80270-055-2 1-80270-054-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : fantasy or history? -- Poetry and archaeology -- Old legend, new reality -- The bigger picture -- The non-national epic. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795983903321 |
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| Leeds, England : , : Arc Humanities Press, , [2022] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Coastal landscapes of the Mesolithic : human engagement with the coast from the Atlantic to the Baltic Sea / / [edited by] Almut Schülke
| Coastal landscapes of the Mesolithic : human engagement with the coast from the Atlantic to the Baltic Sea / / [edited by] Almut Schülke |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (455 pages) |
| Disciplina | 936.8 |
| Soggetto topico | Mesolithic period - Europe, Northern |
| ISBN |
0-203-73094-1
1-351-39881-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Coastal landscapes of the Mesolithic : diversities, challenges and perspectives on human-coast-relations between the Atlantic and the Baltic Sea / Almut Schülke -- The role of coastal exploitation in the Maglemose culture of southern Scandinavia : marginal or dominant? / Peter Moe Astrup -- Mesolithic coastal landscapes : demography, settlement patterns and subsistence economy in southeastern Norway / Steinar Solheim -- " ... they made no effort to explore the interior of the country ... " : coastal landscapes, hunter-gatherers and the islands of Ireland / Grame Warren & Kieran Westley -- Transformations of coast and culture : a view from the Latvian shore of the Baltic / Valdis Berzinš -- Diachronic trends among Early Mesolithic site types? A study from the coast of central Norway / Heidi Mjelva Breivik -- The Mesolithic coastal exploitation of western Scotland : the impacts of climate change and use of favoured locations / Steven Mithen, Karen Wicks & Inger Marie Berg-Hansen -- Specialists facing climate change. The 8200 cal BP event and its impact on the coastal settlement in the inner Oslofjord, southeast Norway / Guro Fossum -- Mesolithic networks of Atlantic France : the two faces of Brittany (7th and 6th millennia cal BC) / Grégor Marchand -- Mesolithic fishing landscapes in western Norway / Knut Andreas Bergsvik & Kenneth Ritchie -- Resource management in Late Mesolithic eastern Norway? Fishing in the coastal, interior and mountain areas and its socio-economic implications / Axel Mjærum/Anja Mansrud -- Seals on the ice : integrating archaeology, zooarchaeology and isotopic studies to discuss some aspects on landscape use and subsistence choices in Stone Age coastal societies of the Baltic Sea / Aikaterini Glykou -- The use of the Mesolithic coastal hinterland : an example from the palaeoecological investigations from Lake Skogstjern, Telemark, southeastern Norway / Magdalena Wieckowska-Lüth & Wiebke Kierleis -- Nodal points in a Mesolithic mobile coastal world : monumental quarries in south Norway / Astrid Johanne Nyland -- Newly frequented or revisited? Motivations of mobility and the use and re-use of sites in the changing coastal areas of Mesolithic southeastern Norway / Almut Schülke -- Ritual depositions in the coastal zone : a case from Syltholm, Denmark / Søren Anker Sørensen. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910805590203321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Early medieval art and archaeology in the northern world : studies in honour of James Graham-Campbell / / edited by Andrew Reynolds and Leslie Webster
| Early medieval art and archaeology in the northern world : studies in honour of James Graham-Campbell / / edited by Andrew Reynolds and Leslie Webster |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill NV, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 pages) |
| Disciplina | 709.02 |
| Collana | The Northern World |
| Soggetto topico |
Art, Medieval
Antiquities |
| ISBN | 90-04-53400-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- James A. Graham-Campbell-A Bibliography 1968-2011 -- OBJECTS -- Hanging Basins and the Wine-Coloured Sea: The Wider Context of Early Medieval Hanging Bowls -- The Wilton Cross Coin Pendant: Numismatic Aspects and Implications -- A Lost Pendant Cross from Near Catterick Bridge, Yorkshire -- Gabatae Saxiscae: Saxon Bowls in the Churches of Rome during the Eighth and Ninth Centuries -- 'All Shapes and Sizes': Anglo-Saxon Knives c. 700-1100 -- A Remarkable Anglo-Saxon Gold Finger-Ring from Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire -- An Anglo-Saxon Bone Acanthus-Leaf Mount from Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire -- Hybridity and Identity in Early Medieval Wales: An Enamelled Class G Brooch from Goodwick, Pembrokeshire -- Ring Rattle on Swift Steeds: Equestrian Equipment from Early Medieval Wales -- Viking and Late Norse Ceramic Baking Plates in the Hebrides -- A Gold Finger-Ring Found Near Tipperary, Ireland -- The Insular Comb -- Two Ninth-Century Pails from Ireland -- Weights and Weight Systems in Viking Age Ireland -- A Medieval Sword and Scabbard from the River Bann -- Some Viking Weapons in Sigvatr's Verse -- An Anglo-Saxon Disc-Brooch From Sjørring, Jutland -- Two Viking Age Pendants from Iceland -- Medieval Bronze Bowls from North Norway and Their Context: Sámi or Norse? -- An Important Late Merovingian or Early Carolingian Sword in the Yorkshire Museum -- HOARDS -- A Casket Fit for a West Saxon Courtier? The Plumpton Hoard and Its Place in the Minor Arts of Late Saxon England -- The 'Northern Hoards' Revisited: Hoards and Silver Economy in the Northern Danelaw in the Early Tenth Century -- Cuerdale: An Update from North-West England -- The Context of the 1858 Skaill Hoard.
The Silver Hoard from Skovvang, Bornholm -- Treasure-A View from the South -- PLACES -- Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence in the Localities: A Case Study of the Avebury Region -- The Liberty of Sandwich, Kent, c. 1300 and Its Implications for Earlier Topography -- A Viking Burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland -- Early Finds of Viking Graves in the Isle of Man -- Viking Age Agriculture in Ireland and Its Settlement Context -- The Reliability of the Alleged Early Lough Gara Iron -- Viking Brittany: Revisiting the Colony that Failed -- Saxons, Britons and Scots: Pilgrims, Travellers and Exiles on the Continent -- STYLE, SYMBOL AND MEANING -- William Nicolson's Drawing of the Main Text of the Bewcastle Cross -- 'Little Men' and the Missing Link: Irish Anthropomorphic Vessel Mounts -- Viking Raiding, Gift-Exchange and Insular Metalwork in Norway -- Copying and Creativity in Early Viking Ornament -- Finds of Treasure and Their Interpretation with Special Reference to Some Hoards Found in Birka and on Björkö -- King Harald's Rune-Stone in Jelling: Methods and Messages -- A Note on the Beard-Pulling Motif: A Meeting between East and West, or a Northern Import? -- Old English 'Wopes Hring' and the Old Norse Myth of Baldr -- END PIECES -- Endnote -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795899003321 |
| Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill NV, , [2013] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Early medieval art and archaeology in the northern world : studies in honour of James Graham-Campbell / / edited by Andrew Reynolds and Leslie Webster
| Early medieval art and archaeology in the northern world : studies in honour of James Graham-Campbell / / edited by Andrew Reynolds and Leslie Webster |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill NV, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 pages) |
| Disciplina | 709.02 |
| Collana | The Northern World |
| Soggetto topico |
Art, Medieval
Antiquities |
| ISBN | 90-04-53400-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- James A. Graham-Campbell-A Bibliography 1968-2011 -- OBJECTS -- Hanging Basins and the Wine-Coloured Sea: The Wider Context of Early Medieval Hanging Bowls -- The Wilton Cross Coin Pendant: Numismatic Aspects and Implications -- A Lost Pendant Cross from Near Catterick Bridge, Yorkshire -- Gabatae Saxiscae: Saxon Bowls in the Churches of Rome during the Eighth and Ninth Centuries -- 'All Shapes and Sizes': Anglo-Saxon Knives c. 700-1100 -- A Remarkable Anglo-Saxon Gold Finger-Ring from Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire -- An Anglo-Saxon Bone Acanthus-Leaf Mount from Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire -- Hybridity and Identity in Early Medieval Wales: An Enamelled Class G Brooch from Goodwick, Pembrokeshire -- Ring Rattle on Swift Steeds: Equestrian Equipment from Early Medieval Wales -- Viking and Late Norse Ceramic Baking Plates in the Hebrides -- A Gold Finger-Ring Found Near Tipperary, Ireland -- The Insular Comb -- Two Ninth-Century Pails from Ireland -- Weights and Weight Systems in Viking Age Ireland -- A Medieval Sword and Scabbard from the River Bann -- Some Viking Weapons in Sigvatr's Verse -- An Anglo-Saxon Disc-Brooch From Sjørring, Jutland -- Two Viking Age Pendants from Iceland -- Medieval Bronze Bowls from North Norway and Their Context: Sámi or Norse? -- An Important Late Merovingian or Early Carolingian Sword in the Yorkshire Museum -- HOARDS -- A Casket Fit for a West Saxon Courtier? The Plumpton Hoard and Its Place in the Minor Arts of Late Saxon England -- The 'Northern Hoards' Revisited: Hoards and Silver Economy in the Northern Danelaw in the Early Tenth Century -- Cuerdale: An Update from North-West England -- The Context of the 1858 Skaill Hoard.
The Silver Hoard from Skovvang, Bornholm -- Treasure-A View from the South -- PLACES -- Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence in the Localities: A Case Study of the Avebury Region -- The Liberty of Sandwich, Kent, c. 1300 and Its Implications for Earlier Topography -- A Viking Burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland -- Early Finds of Viking Graves in the Isle of Man -- Viking Age Agriculture in Ireland and Its Settlement Context -- The Reliability of the Alleged Early Lough Gara Iron -- Viking Brittany: Revisiting the Colony that Failed -- Saxons, Britons and Scots: Pilgrims, Travellers and Exiles on the Continent -- STYLE, SYMBOL AND MEANING -- William Nicolson's Drawing of the Main Text of the Bewcastle Cross -- 'Little Men' and the Missing Link: Irish Anthropomorphic Vessel Mounts -- Viking Raiding, Gift-Exchange and Insular Metalwork in Norway -- Copying and Creativity in Early Viking Ornament -- Finds of Treasure and Their Interpretation with Special Reference to Some Hoards Found in Birka and on Björkö -- King Harald's Rune-Stone in Jelling: Methods and Messages -- A Note on the Beard-Pulling Motif: A Meeting between East and West, or a Northern Import? -- Old English 'Wopes Hring' and the Old Norse Myth of Baldr -- END PIECES -- Endnote -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806981503321 |
| Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill NV, , [2013] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Local societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe / / edited by Nils Anfinset and Melanie Wrigglesworth
| Local societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe / / edited by Nils Anfinset and Melanie Wrigglesworth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 936.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AnfinsetNils
WrigglesworthMelanie |
| Soggetto topico | Bronze age - Europe, Northern |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-315-72883-4
1-317-54410-2 1-84465-882-1 1-317-54411-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Local societies, regions and processes of cultural interaction in the Bronze Age / Nils Anfinset & Melanie Wrigglesworth -- Approaching a complex past : entangled collective identities / Charlotte Damm -- Assymetric twins? : some reflections on coastal and inland societies in the Bothnian area during the epi-neolithic and early metal age / Lars Forsberg -- Expressing identity through ritual in the early Bronze Age / Mette Roesgaard Hansen -- Large-scale "grand narratives" and small-scale local studies in the Bronze Age discourse : the animal perspective / Kristin Armstrong Oma -- Reconsidering a periphery : scenarios of copper production in southern Norway / Anne Lene Melheim -- On the bronze trail : short-cuts, byways, transformation and displacement / ℗Ørjan Engedal -- North-western Russia at the periphery of the North-European and Volga-Uralic Bronze Age / Maria Yushkova -- Local centres in the periphery : discussing the late neolithic, Bronze Age and early metal age Finland / Mika Lavento -- The Nordic Bronze Age and the L{uml}uneburg culture : two different responses to social change / Sophie Bergerbrant -- Pottery, transmission and innovation in Malerdalen / Thomas Erikson -- Social landscapes of Bronze Age Scandinavia / Peter Skoglund -- The origin of a Bronze Age in Norway : structure, regional process and localised history / Christopher Prescott -- Social response or resistance to the introduction of metal : western Norway at the edge of the "globalised" world / Nils Anfinset. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463508703321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Local societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe / / edited by Nils Anfinset and Melanie Wrigglesworth
| Local societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe / / edited by Nils Anfinset and Melanie Wrigglesworth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 936.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AnfinsetNils
WrigglesworthMelanie |
| Soggetto topico | Bronze age - Europe, Northern |
| ISBN |
1-315-72883-4
1-317-54410-2 1-84465-882-1 1-317-54411-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Local societies, regions and processes of cultural interaction in the Bronze Age / Nils Anfinset & Melanie Wrigglesworth -- Approaching a complex past : entangled collective identities / Charlotte Damm -- Assymetric twins? Some reflections on coastal and inland societies in the Bothnian area during the epi-neolithic and early Metal Age / Lars Forsberg -- Expressing identity through ritual in the early Bronze Age / Mette Roesgaard Hansen -- Large-scale "grand narratives" and small-scale local studies in the Bronze Age discourse : the animal perspective / Kristin Armstrong Oma -- Reconsidering a periphery : scenarios of copper production in southern Norway / Anne Lene Melheim -- On the bronze trail : short-cuts, byways, transformation and displacement / Ørjan Engedal -- Northwestern Russia at the periphery of the north European and Volga-Uralic Bronze Age / Maria Yushkova -- Local centres in the periphery : the Late Neolithic, Bronze Age and early Metal Age Finland / Mika Lavento -- The Nordic Bronze Age and the Lüneburg culture : two different responses to social change / Sophie Bergerbrant -- Pottery, transmission and innovation in Mälerdalen / Thomas Eriksson -- Social landscapes of Bronze Age Scandinavia / Peter Skoglund -- The origin of a Bronze Age in Norway : structure, regional process and localized history / Christopher Prescott -- Social response or resistance to the introduction of metal? Western Norway at the edge of the "globalized" world / Nils Anfinset. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787938603321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
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Local societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe / / edited by Nils Anfinset and Melanie Wrigglesworth
| Local societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe / / edited by Nils Anfinset and Melanie Wrigglesworth |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 260 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 936.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AnfinsetNils
WrigglesworthMelanie |
| Soggetto topico | Bronze age - Europe, Northern |
| ISBN |
1-315-72883-4
1-317-54410-2 1-84465-882-1 1-317-54411-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Local societies, regions and processes of cultural interaction in the Bronze Age / Nils Anfinset & Melanie Wrigglesworth -- Approaching a complex past : entangled collective identities / Charlotte Damm -- Assymetric twins? Some reflections on coastal and inland societies in the Bothnian area during the epi-neolithic and early Metal Age / Lars Forsberg -- Expressing identity through ritual in the early Bronze Age / Mette Roesgaard Hansen -- Large-scale "grand narratives" and small-scale local studies in the Bronze Age discourse : the animal perspective / Kristin Armstrong Oma -- Reconsidering a periphery : scenarios of copper production in southern Norway / Anne Lene Melheim -- On the bronze trail : short-cuts, byways, transformation and displacement / Ørjan Engedal -- Northwestern Russia at the periphery of the north European and Volga-Uralic Bronze Age / Maria Yushkova -- Local centres in the periphery : the Late Neolithic, Bronze Age and early Metal Age Finland / Mika Lavento -- The Nordic Bronze Age and the Lüneburg culture : two different responses to social change / Sophie Bergerbrant -- Pottery, transmission and innovation in Mälerdalen / Thomas Eriksson -- Social landscapes of Bronze Age Scandinavia / Peter Skoglund -- The origin of a Bronze Age in Norway : structure, regional process and localized history / Christopher Prescott -- Social response or resistance to the introduction of metal? Western Norway at the edge of the "globalized" world / Nils Anfinset. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819862503321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The lost beliefs of northern Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Hilda Ellis Davidson
| The lost beliefs of northern Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Hilda Ellis Davidson |
| Autore | Davidson H. R. Ellis (Hilda Roderick Ellis), <1914-2006.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 pages) |
| Disciplina | 291/.0936 |
| Soggetto topico |
Celts - Religion
Germanic peoples - Religion Mythology, Norse |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-32261-4
1-134-94469-1 0-203-40850-0 1-280-05218-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Help from Archaeology. Sacred space. The burial at Vix. The ship-burial at Sutton Hoo. The ball at Yeavering. The Strettweg Wagon. The Gundestrup Cauldron. The memorial stones of Gotland. The contribution of archaeology -- 2. Glimpses of the Gods. Early amulets. Stones from the Roman provinces. Myths and monuments. Naming after the gods. Divine names and titles -- 3. The Gods in the Myths. Sources of the myths. The divine world. Myths of the divine community. Myths of Odin. Myths of Thor. Myths of Loki. Other deities in the myths -- 4. The Cults of the Northern Gods. Communal worship. Cults of the battle-gods. The cult of Odin. The cult of Thor. The cult of Freyr -- 5. Goddesses and Guardian Spirits. The cult of the Great Goddess. The local goddesses. Guardian spirits. The cult of the dead -- 6. Contacts with the Otherworld. The early centuries. Funeral symbolism. Communication with the Otherworld. Holy places. Fitting the pieces together -- 7. The Interpreters. The medieval Christian viewpoint. The first collectors. The solar myths. Ritual and myth. The structure of myth. The approach of Dumezil. Outside influences. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463488803321 |
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| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993 | ||
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The lost beliefs of northern Europe / / Hilda Ellis Davidson
| The lost beliefs of northern Europe / / Hilda Ellis Davidson |
| Autore | Davidson H. R. Ellis (Hilda Roderick Ellis), <1914-2006.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 181 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 291/.0936 |
| Soggetto topico |
Celts - Religion
Germanic peoples - Religion Mythology, Norse |
| ISBN |
1-134-94468-3
0-203-32261-4 1-134-94469-1 0-203-40850-0 1-280-05218-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Help from Archaeology. Sacred space. The burial at Vix. The ship-burial at Sutton Hoo. The ball at Yeavering. The Strettweg Wagon. The Gundestrup Cauldron. The memorial stones of Gotland. The contribution of archaeology -- 2. Glimpses of the Gods. Early amulets. Stones from the Roman provinces. Myths and monuments. Naming after the gods. Divine names and titles -- 3. The Gods in the Myths. Sources of the myths. The divine world. Myths of the divine community. Myths of Odin. Myths of Thor. Myths of Loki. Other deities in the myths -- 4. The Cults of the Northern Gods. Communal worship. Cults of the battle-gods. The cult of Odin. The cult of Thor. The cult of Freyr -- 5. Goddesses and Guardian Spirits. The cult of the Great Goddess. The local goddesses. Guardian spirits. The cult of the dead -- 6. Contacts with the Otherworld. The early centuries. Funeral symbolism. Communication with the Otherworld. Holy places. Fitting the pieces together -- 7. The Interpreters. The medieval Christian viewpoint. The first collectors. The solar myths. Ritual and myth. The structure of myth. The approach of Dumezil. Outside influences. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787726603321 |
Davidson H. R. Ellis (Hilda Roderick Ellis), <1914-2006.>
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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