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Chapter Six. The Warrior In Old Norse Religion

2011
This chapter investigates the role played by eschatology in the religious beliefs and politics of the ruling elites of Scandinavia in the late Viking Period. The focus is on the idea of Oðinn welcoming his heroes in Valholl, and on the cultural and political circumstances under which this myth functioned as ideology.
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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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