The Materiality of Myth: Divine Objects in Norse Mythology
The vivid presence of material objects in Scandinavian cosmology, as preserved in the Old Norse myths, carries underexplored traces of belief systems and the material experience of Iron Age Scandinavia (400-1000 CE). This paper proposes an archaeological reading of Norse mythology to help explain ho...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Temenos
Year: 2019, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-53 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Norway
/ Germanic peoples
/ Iron age
/ Findings
/ Mythology
/ Gods
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia |
Further subjects: | B
Age Scandinavia
B Materiality B Norse Mythology B mythological objects B pre-Christian belief B Religion B Iron B Roland Barthes |
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