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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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Old Norse and Germanic Religion
, 2011 The article is a critical overview of archaeological research on Old Norse and Germanic ...
Andrén, Anders,
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Valhall and Helgafell: syncretistic traits of the Old Norse religion
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1969 The religion of the Viking age, the pre-Christian faith, presents itself as a syncretism, It is quite peculiarly evident from the tradition surrounding the origin of the gods in Åsgard.
Odd Nordland
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A Viking burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland [PDF]
, 2012 A full discussion of a young Viking male pagan grave with full consideration of its context and broader significance in the context of the Norse in the British ...
Paterson, C., Batey, C.
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, 2016 Norse Revival examines international Germanic Neopaganism (Asatru). It investigates its origins in German ultra-nationalist movements around 1900, its attempt to gain respectability since the 1970s and its intersections with historical and current ...
von Schnurbein, Stefanie
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The Role of Rulers in the Winding Up of the Old Norse Religion [PDF]
Numen, 2021 Abstract It is a common opinion in research that the Scandinavians changed religion during the second half of the Viking Age, that is, ca. 950–1050/1100 CE. During this period, Christianity replaced the Old Norse religion. When describing this transition in recent studies, the concept “Christianization” is often applied.
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Norse settlement in the Inner Hebrides ca. 800-1300; with special reference to the islands of Mull, Coll and Tiree [PDF]
, 2012 The thesis aims to elucidate the form, extent and chronological development of Norse colonial settlement in the Inner Hebridean islands of Mull, Coll, Thee and Lismore in the period ca 800-1300.
Johnston, Anne R.
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Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion [PDF]
, 2019 "The authors of the present volume, Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion, focus on the material dimension of Old Norse mythology and the role played by myths in everyday life.
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Gerhard Schøning som religionshistoriker: Odins rolle i hans historiske forfatterskap
Teologisk Tidsskrift, 2023 Historikeren Gerhard Schøning hevdet at den norrøne overleveringens flertydige omtale av Odin skjulte ikke mindre enn tre ulike historiske skikkelser som hadde gitt seg ut for å være, og blitt akseptert som, den norrøne guddommen.
Håkon Evju
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Remembering Heathen Women in Medieval Icelandic Literature
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2021 : Several Icelandic texts from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries depict female characters from the pre-Christian past. In both poetry and prose, these heathen women are often portrayed as recalling the old, pre ...
Ann Sheffield
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