Tree of salvation : Yggdrasil and the cross in the north /

This is a study of the evidence in art, artifact, architecture, and poetry that the myth of Yggdrasil, the cosmic tree of life associated with the gods, the runes, fate, and ragnarok in Norse/Germanic mythology, was associated in northern Christianity with the cross of Christ. The events of the stor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murphy, G. Ronald, 1938-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Yggdrasil (Norse mythology)
Mythology, Norse.
Christianity and other religions > Norse.
Yggdrasill (Mythologie nordique)
Mythologie nordique.
Christianisme > Relations > Religions nordiques.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Christianity
Interfaith relations
Mythology, Norse
Norse cults
Christentum
Nordgermanen
Religiöse Kunst
Symbolik
Yggdrasil.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Yggdrasil and the Cross; PART ONE: IN WOOD AND STONE; 2. Yggdrasil and the Stave Church; 3. Bornholm's Round Churches and Baptismal Font; 4. Entering Yggdrasil: The Viking Crosses at Middleton in Yorkshire; PART TWO: IN POETRY AND RUNES; 5. The Trembling Tree of The Dream of the Rood; 6. Yggdrasil and the Sequence of the Runes in the Elder Fuþark; PART THREE: IN YULETIDE CAROL AND EVERGREENS; 7. Yggdrasil and the Christmas Tree; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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