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Description:A comprehensive overview of the religious history and world view of pre-Christian Scandinavia.The product of an international interdisciplinary team, the History and Structures strand of the Pre-Christian Religion of the North series aims to approach the subject by giving equal weight to archaeological and textual sources, taking into consideration recent theories on religion within all the disciplines that are needed in order to gain a comprehensive view of the religious history and world view of pre-Christian Scandinavia from the perspective of the beginning of the twenty-first century.Volume I presents the basic premises of the study and a consideration of the sources: memory and oral tradition, written sources, religious vocabulary, place names and personal names, archaeology, and images.Volume IItreats the social, geographical, and historical contexts in which the religion was practiced and through which it can be understood. This volume also includes communication between worlds, primarily through various ritual structures.Volume IIIexplores conceptual frameworks: the cosmos and collective supernatural beings (notions regarding the cosmos and regarding such collective supernatural beings as the norns, valkyries, giants, and dwarfs) and also gods and goddesses (including Þórr, Óðinn, Freyr, Freyja, and many others).Volume IVdescribes the process of Christianization in the Nordic region and also includes a bibliography and indices for the entire four-volume work.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Pre-Christian Religions of the North History and Structures (4 Volumes). To get started finding The Pre-Christian Religions of the North History and Structures (4 Volumes), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Brepols

Release: 2020

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Description: A comprehensive overview of the religious history and world view of pre-Christian Scandinavia.The product of an international interdisciplinary team, the History and Structures strand of the Pre-Christian Religion of the North series aims to approach the subject by giving equal weight to archaeological and textual sources, taking into consideration recent theories on religion within all the disciplines that are needed in order to gain a comprehensive view of the religious history and world view of pre-Christian Scandinavia from the perspective of the beginning of the twenty-first century.Volume I presents the basic premises of the study and a consideration of the sources: memory and oral tradition, written sources, religious vocabulary, place names and personal names, archaeology, and images.Volume IItreats the social, geographical, and historical contexts in which the religion was practiced and through which it can be understood. This volume also includes communication between worlds, primarily through various ritual structures.Volume IIIexplores conceptual frameworks: the cosmos and collective supernatural beings (notions regarding the cosmos and regarding such collective supernatural beings as the norns, valkyries, giants, and dwarfs) and also gods and goddesses (including Þórr, Óðinn, Freyr, Freyja, and many others).Volume IVdescribes the process of Christianization in the Nordic region and also includes a bibliography and indices for the entire four-volume work.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Pre-Christian Religions of the North History and Structures (4 Volumes). To get started finding The Pre-Christian Religions of the North History and Structures (4 Volumes), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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