Iron Age Myth and Materiality [[electronic resource] ] : An Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000 |
Autore | Hedeager Lotte |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 936.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Annales school
Cosmology - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 Cosmology --Scandinavia --History --To 1500 Iron Age - Scandinavia Iron Age --Scandinavia Material culture - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 Material culture --Scandinavia --History --To 1500 Mythology, Norse Old Norse literature - History and criticism Old Norse literature --History and criticism Oral tradition - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 Oral tradition --Scandinavia --History --To 1500 Scandinavia - Antiquities Scandinavia - Historiography Scandinavia - History - To 1397 Scandinavia --Antiquities Scandinavia --Historiography Scandinavia --History --To 1397 --Sources Iron age - History - To 1500 - Scandinavia Material culture - History - To 1500 - Scandinavia Oral tradition - History - To 1500 - Scandinavia Mythology, Norse - History and criticism - Scandinavia Cosmology Old Norse literature Anthropology Regions & Countries - Europe Social Sciences History & Archaeology Prehistoric Anthropology Northern Europe & Scandinavia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-203-82971-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
IRON AGE MYTH AND MATERIALITY An Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; PART I A mythic narrative; 1 The mythic cycle of Odin; The myth; The constitution of primacy; Personification/Agency of objects; The underlying nature of reality; PART II Words of identity; 2 Written sources on the pre-Christian past; Early Scandinavian literacy; The Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda; Other Nordic texts; European sources; 3 Origin myths and political/ethnical affiliations; Migration Period Europe: a historical survey
European national historyOrigin myths from the Early Middle Ages; Historical 'meaning' of the Scandinavian origin myth; Formation of a political mentalité; Material manifestations: Germanic styles in a historical perspective; PART III The constitution of 'otherness'; 4 Embodied in animals; Scandinavian animal style AD 400-1200; Animals in the styles; The figurative art; Animals in names; Humans as animals - animals as humans: hugr, hamingja, fylgjur; The snake; The eagle and the raven; The wild boar; The wolf; The bear; Embodied and transformative existences 5 Other ways of 'being in the world'Analytical categories and perceptual realities; Phallus, fertility and death; The power of penetration; Women in men's image; Gender images/identities; Betwixt and between: gold-foil figures on display; PART IV Materiality matters; 6 Commemorative places; Objects as agents; The smith in Old Norse sources; Gold in the Old Norse sources; Places for acquisition and transformation; Central places as 'centre of the universe'; Asgard: home of the gods; A 'central place' par excellence: Gudme on Funen; The coastal site of Lundeborg The cemetery of MøllegårdsmarkenGudme's sacred features; Gudme: the paradigmatic model of Asgard?; Cosmological emulation; 7 The cosmic order of landscapes; Hoards as ritual and economic agents; 'Tournaments of value'; Sacred topography; PART V The making of Norse mythology; 8 Knowledge production reconsidered; Epic poetry and historical reality; The enigma of Widsith; The topography of Widsith and the archaeology of Gudme; Widsith: a political narrative of the Migration Period; 9 Hypothesis I: the Huns in Scandinavia; Historical framework: the impact/blueprint of the Huns Archaeological framework: transferable cosmologiesArchaeological framework: Hunnic material culture; The Huns in Scandinavia: diagnostic features; Evidence of a new cosmology; Summarising the evidence; 10 Hypothesis II: Attila and the recasting of Scandinavian mythology; Ornamentation - innovation - migration: a hypothesis; The migration story and myths of descent among the Scandinavians; Embedded knowledge - Greco-Roman tradition; Attila's cosmological blueprint; 11 Stranger kings: intruders from the outside world; Notes; Primary sources, including translations; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461290803321 |
Hedeager Lotte | ||
Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Iron Age Myth and Materiality [[electronic resource] ] : An Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000 |
Autore | Hedeager Lotte |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 936.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Annales school
Cosmology - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 Cosmology --Scandinavia --History --To 1500 Iron Age - Scandinavia Iron Age --Scandinavia Material culture - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 Material culture --Scandinavia --History --To 1500 Mythology, Norse Old Norse literature - History and criticism Old Norse literature --History and criticism Oral tradition - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 Oral tradition --Scandinavia --History --To 1500 Scandinavia - Antiquities Scandinavia - Historiography Scandinavia - History - To 1397 Scandinavia --Antiquities Scandinavia --Historiography Scandinavia --History --To 1397 --Sources Iron age - History - To 1500 - Scandinavia Material culture - History - To 1500 - Scandinavia Oral tradition - History - To 1500 - Scandinavia Mythology, Norse - History and criticism - Scandinavia Cosmology Old Norse literature Anthropology Regions & Countries - Europe Social Sciences History & Archaeology Prehistoric Anthropology Northern Europe & Scandinavia |
ISBN |
1-136-81725-5
0-203-82971-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
IRON AGE MYTH AND MATERIALITY An Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; PART I A mythic narrative; 1 The mythic cycle of Odin; The myth; The constitution of primacy; Personification/Agency of objects; The underlying nature of reality; PART II Words of identity; 2 Written sources on the pre-Christian past; Early Scandinavian literacy; The Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda; Other Nordic texts; European sources; 3 Origin myths and political/ethnical affiliations; Migration Period Europe: a historical survey
European national historyOrigin myths from the Early Middle Ages; Historical 'meaning' of the Scandinavian origin myth; Formation of a political mentalité; Material manifestations: Germanic styles in a historical perspective; PART III The constitution of 'otherness'; 4 Embodied in animals; Scandinavian animal style AD 400-1200; Animals in the styles; The figurative art; Animals in names; Humans as animals - animals as humans: hugr, hamingja, fylgjur; The snake; The eagle and the raven; The wild boar; The wolf; The bear; Embodied and transformative existences 5 Other ways of 'being in the world'Analytical categories and perceptual realities; Phallus, fertility and death; The power of penetration; Women in men's image; Gender images/identities; Betwixt and between: gold-foil figures on display; PART IV Materiality matters; 6 Commemorative places; Objects as agents; The smith in Old Norse sources; Gold in the Old Norse sources; Places for acquisition and transformation; Central places as 'centre of the universe'; Asgard: home of the gods; A 'central place' par excellence: Gudme on Funen; The coastal site of Lundeborg The cemetery of MøllegårdsmarkenGudme's sacred features; Gudme: the paradigmatic model of Asgard?; Cosmological emulation; 7 The cosmic order of landscapes; Hoards as ritual and economic agents; 'Tournaments of value'; Sacred topography; PART V The making of Norse mythology; 8 Knowledge production reconsidered; Epic poetry and historical reality; The enigma of Widsith; The topography of Widsith and the archaeology of Gudme; Widsith: a political narrative of the Migration Period; 9 Hypothesis I: the Huns in Scandinavia; Historical framework: the impact/blueprint of the Huns Archaeological framework: transferable cosmologiesArchaeological framework: Hunnic material culture; The Huns in Scandinavia: diagnostic features; Evidence of a new cosmology; Summarising the evidence; 10 Hypothesis II: Attila and the recasting of Scandinavian mythology; Ornamentation - innovation - migration: a hypothesis; The migration story and myths of descent among the Scandinavians; Embedded knowledge - Greco-Roman tradition; Attila's cosmological blueprint; 11 Stranger kings: intruders from the outside world; Notes; Primary sources, including translations; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789996503321 |
Hedeager Lotte | ||
Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Iron Age Myth and Materiality [[electronic resource] ] : An Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000 |
Autore | Hedeager Lotte |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 936.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Annales school
Cosmology - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 Cosmology --Scandinavia --History --To 1500 Iron Age - Scandinavia Iron Age --Scandinavia Material culture - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 Material culture --Scandinavia --History --To 1500 Mythology, Norse Old Norse literature - History and criticism Old Norse literature --History and criticism Oral tradition - Scandinavia - History - To 1500 Oral tradition --Scandinavia --History --To 1500 Scandinavia - Antiquities Scandinavia - Historiography Scandinavia - History - To 1397 Scandinavia --Antiquities Scandinavia --Historiography Scandinavia --History --To 1397 --Sources Iron age - History - To 1500 - Scandinavia Material culture - History - To 1500 - Scandinavia Oral tradition - History - To 1500 - Scandinavia Mythology, Norse - History and criticism - Scandinavia Cosmology Old Norse literature Anthropology Regions & Countries - Europe Social Sciences History & Archaeology Prehistoric Anthropology Northern Europe & Scandinavia |
ISBN |
1-136-81725-5
0-203-82971-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
IRON AGE MYTH AND MATERIALITY An Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; PART I A mythic narrative; 1 The mythic cycle of Odin; The myth; The constitution of primacy; Personification/Agency of objects; The underlying nature of reality; PART II Words of identity; 2 Written sources on the pre-Christian past; Early Scandinavian literacy; The Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda; Other Nordic texts; European sources; 3 Origin myths and political/ethnical affiliations; Migration Period Europe: a historical survey
European national historyOrigin myths from the Early Middle Ages; Historical 'meaning' of the Scandinavian origin myth; Formation of a political mentalité; Material manifestations: Germanic styles in a historical perspective; PART III The constitution of 'otherness'; 4 Embodied in animals; Scandinavian animal style AD 400-1200; Animals in the styles; The figurative art; Animals in names; Humans as animals - animals as humans: hugr, hamingja, fylgjur; The snake; The eagle and the raven; The wild boar; The wolf; The bear; Embodied and transformative existences 5 Other ways of 'being in the world'Analytical categories and perceptual realities; Phallus, fertility and death; The power of penetration; Women in men's image; Gender images/identities; Betwixt and between: gold-foil figures on display; PART IV Materiality matters; 6 Commemorative places; Objects as agents; The smith in Old Norse sources; Gold in the Old Norse sources; Places for acquisition and transformation; Central places as 'centre of the universe'; Asgard: home of the gods; A 'central place' par excellence: Gudme on Funen; The coastal site of Lundeborg The cemetery of MøllegårdsmarkenGudme's sacred features; Gudme: the paradigmatic model of Asgard?; Cosmological emulation; 7 The cosmic order of landscapes; Hoards as ritual and economic agents; 'Tournaments of value'; Sacred topography; PART V The making of Norse mythology; 8 Knowledge production reconsidered; Epic poetry and historical reality; The enigma of Widsith; The topography of Widsith and the archaeology of Gudme; Widsith: a political narrative of the Migration Period; 9 Hypothesis I: the Huns in Scandinavia; Historical framework: the impact/blueprint of the Huns Archaeological framework: transferable cosmologiesArchaeological framework: Hunnic material culture; The Huns in Scandinavia: diagnostic features; Evidence of a new cosmology; Summarising the evidence; 10 Hypothesis II: Attila and the recasting of Scandinavian mythology; Ornamentation - innovation - migration: a hypothesis; The migration story and myths of descent among the Scandinavians; Embedded knowledge - Greco-Roman tradition; Attila's cosmological blueprint; 11 Stranger kings: intruders from the outside world; Notes; Primary sources, including translations; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827823403321 |
Hedeager Lotte | ||
Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|