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Formes de mystique dans le Nord préchrétien

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1970
In this paper, the author explores mysticism found in a Nordic context, exemplified by different forms of mystic experiences in old Norse religion described in old Scandinavian poetry and literature.
Åke Ström
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Old Nordic and Christian elements in Saami ideas about the realm of the dead

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1987
The fact that a word or concept has been borrowed from outside does not mean that the original content, the original ideas which the loan word in question expresses, have also been adopted.
Olof Pettersson
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Berserker und Erzbischof: Bedeutung und Entwicklung des altnordischen Berserkerbegriffes

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1982
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Åke Ström
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Der Runenstein von Tanum - ein religionsgeschichtliches Denkmal aus urnordischer Zeit

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1990
The article offers a critical analysis of the inscriptions on three runic stones: the Rök stone from the early Viking Era (800-820), the stone from Stentoften (550-580/699) and the stone from Tanum (200-500).
Ottar Grønvik
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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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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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Analysing Effects of Birth Order on Intelligence, Educational Attainment, Big Five, and Risk Aversion in an Indonesian Sample

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Few studies have examined birth order effects on personality in countries that are not Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD). However, theories have generally suggested that interculturally universal family dynamics are the mechanism behind birth order effects, and prominent theories such as resource dilution would ...
Laura J. Botzet, Julia M. Rohrer, Ruben C. Arslan   +2 more
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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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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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Reviving Pagan Spirituality: A Manifesto

Religions, 2022
Numerous contemporary neopagan movements are attempts to revive or reconstruct ancient religious belief and practice. For instance, the worship of the ancient Norse gods has been restored to Iceland by the Asatru Fellowship.
Keith Parsons
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