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Handbook of Norse mythology [PDF]

Choice Reviews Online, 2001
Authoritative, comprehensive reference incorporating the latest research on tales, literary and oral sources, and the broad-reaching cultural legacy of Norse mythology. The book describes the pagan origins of Scandinavia, the interaction between the Vikings and other Europeans, and the concept of time in Norse mythology, and gives a dictionary of ...
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In Search of a National Epic: The use of Old Norse myths in Tolkien's vision of Middle-earth

Approaching Religion, 2014
In this article some aspects of Tolkien’s work with regard to his relationship to folklore and nationalism are presented. It is also argued, contrary to Lauri Honko’s view of literary epics, that pre-literary sources constitute a problem for the creators
Tommy Kuusela
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The wolf's jaw: an astronomical interpretation of Ragnarok [PDF]

Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2018
This paper aims to explain the eschatological outbreak that occurred during the X century in Scandinavia and northern Europe, which gave rise to a great iconography of Ragnarok, stemmed primarily from the Old Norse mythology. Our basic hypothesis is that
Langer, J.
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The Warrior and the Cat: A Re-Evaluation of the Roles of Domestic Cats in Viking Age Scandinavia

Current Swedish Archaeology, 2019
The role of cats in Viking Age society is little investigated and has been dominated by uncritical adoptions of medieval mythology. Based on literary sources, the domestic cat is often linked to cultic spheres of female sorcery.
Matthias S. Toplak
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Culture des métavers et culture académique

Communication, 2015
Virtual worlds, or metaverses, should not be confused with video games. They are enduring digital universes, accessible 24/7 only on the Internet and in a constant state of change.
François-Gabriel Roussel
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The Materiality of Myth

Temenos, 2019
The vivid presence of material objects in Scandinavian cosmology, as preserved in the Old Norse myths, carries underexplored traces of belief systems and the material experience of Iron Age Scandinavia (400–1000 CE). This paper proposes an archaeological
Sara Ann Knutson
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Fragments of the past: how to study old Norse religion

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1999
The state of the sources of the Old Norse religions presents a great problem. Most of them were written down two hundred or even three hundred years after the Christianization of the North, based on an oral tradition going back to the pre-Christian ages.
Britt-Mari Näsström
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The Ambiguous Boeslunde Figure

Danish Journal of Archaeology, 2021
This article presents a unique female figure found in Boeslunde, Zealand, Denmark. It stands at just 1.5 cm and is made of gilded silver with remarkably refined details.
Trine Louise Borake
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The Relation between the two Phenomenological Categories Initiation and Sacrifice as Exemplified by the Norse Myth of Óðinn on the Tree

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1993
Many articles have been devoted to the Old Norse myth which relates how Odin was hanging from a tree for nine nights without being offered food or drink. The question we are going to investigate here is, as mentioned, whether we are facing a sacrifice or
Jens Schjødt
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Odins viden - dens funktion og betydning

Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2004
it is the purpose of this article to discuss how to interpret Odin's wisdom. Many scholars have argued over the last ten years that Odin's wisdom should be compared to the abilities of the shaman as this figure is known from many circumpolar religions ...
Jens Peter Schjødt
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