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Ragnarök: Prophecies and Notions of the End Time in Old Norse Religion

2021
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Bears in Old Norse religion with specific references to the berserkir

2023
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The King God and his connection with Sacrifice in Old Norse Religion

1959
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3.3. The Heavenly Mountains of Asia: Old Norse Religion and Comparative Religion

2018
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The measures of Old Norse religion in long-term perspective

2006
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MYTHOLOGY AND PRE-CHRISTIAN NORSE RELIGIONS: AN INTERVIEW WITH TERRY A. GUNNELL

Scandia Journal of Medieval Norse Studies, 2023
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The Religion of the Norse Tribes: No Official Priesthood

2017
It was noted by both Caesar and Tacitus that the German tribes had no Druids. Unlike the Celts, they did not have an official priesthood that organized festivals and sacrifices and presided over the courts. The German tribes were religious—they were fearful of magic and sorcery, and they believed that there were supernatural creatures in the dark woods
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Behind Heathendom: Archaeological Studies of Old Norse Religion

Scottish Archaeological Journal, 2005
This paper offers a synthesis of a large body of research into the "Old Norse religion" which has been conducted as part of a multidisciplinary research projekt - Vagar till Midgard - Roads to Midgard. Evidence for Pre-Christian Norse religion is drawn from Medieval Icelandic literature, place-names and the archaeology of ritual sites.
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Did a Little Birdie Really Tell Odin? Applying Theory of Mind to Old Norse Religion

Journal of Cognition and Culture, 2021
Abstract Theory of mind, the theory that humans attribute mental states to others, has become increasingly influential in the Cognitive Science of Religion in recent years, due to several papers which posit that supernatural agents, like gods, demons, and the dead, are accredited greater than normal knowledge and awareness.
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Roads to Midgard - Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives

Scottish Archaeological Journal, 2002
Old Norse religion is usually regarded as one of the best known pre-Christian religions in Europe, due to the rich Icelandic literature from the 13th century. In combination with place-names, references in Latin and Arabic sources and later folklore, the Icelandic literature has been used to reconstruct a distinct pagan religion for Northern Europe ...
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