More than mythology : narratives, ritual practices and regional distribution in pre-Christian Scandinavian religions /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Raudvere, Catharina, Schjødt, Jens Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lund, Sweden : Nordic Academic Press, 2012.
Temas:
Mythology, Norse.
Mythologie nordique.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
HISTORY > Europe > Scandinavia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
Mythology, Norse
Religion
Scandinavia > Religion.
Scandinavie > Religion.
Scandinavia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; 1. The Study of Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions; 2. Mythic Acts; 3. The Merits and Limits of Comparative Philology; 4. Diet and Deities; 5. Fictive Rituals in Völuspá; 6. Continuity, Change and Regional Variation in Old Norse Religion; 7. Gender, Sexuality and the Supranormal; 8. Literary Representation of Oral Religion; 9. 'Religious Ruler Ideology' in Pre-Christian Scandinavia; 10. Reflections on Aims and Methods in the Study of Old Norse Religion

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