Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives write by Anders Andrén. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The study of Old Norse Religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia are investigated and interpreted by archaeologists, historians, art historians, historians of religion as well as scholars of literature, onomastics and Scandinavian studies. For obvious reasons, these studies belong to the main curricula in Scandinavia but are also carried out at many other universities in Europe, the United States and Australia a fact that is evident to any reader of this book. In order to bring this broad and varied field of research together, an international conference on Old Norse religion was held in Lund in June 2004. About two hundred delegates from more than fifteen countries took part. The intention was to gather researchers to encourage and improve scholarly exchange and dialogue, and Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives presents a selection of the proceedings from that conference. The 75 contributions elucidate topics such as worldview and cosmology, ritual and religious practice, myth and memory as well as the reception and present-day use of Old Norse religion. The main editors of this volume have directed the multidisciplinary research project Roads to Midgard since 2000. The project is based at Lund University and funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.
Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives
Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives write by Anders Andrén. This book was released on 2006-01-12. Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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, as well as reception and present-day use of old Norse religion.
Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives
Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives write by Anders Andrén. This book was released on 2006-01-12. Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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, as well as reception and present-day use of old Norse religion.
Tracing Old Norse Cosmology
Tracing Old Norse Cosmology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tracing Old Norse Cosmology write by Anders Andrén. This book was released on 2015-01-01. Tracing Old Norse Cosmology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 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 Andrén 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 traced in images and material culture from Scandinavian prehistory. By combining the prehistoric representations with the later written record the author presents a fresh and nuanced study of the fascinating Old Norse world.
More than Mythology
More than Mythology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook More than Mythology write by Catharina Raudvere. This book was released on 2012-01-07. More than Mythology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written 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 Ragnarök. However, pre-Christian religion consisted of so much more than mythic imagery and legends and has long lingered in folk tradition. Exploring the religion of the North through an interdisciplinary approach, the book sheds new light on a number of topics, including rituals, gender relations, social hierarchies, and interregional contacts between the Nordic tradition and the Sami and Finnish regions.
