Óðinn a medovina básnictví: dva aspekty iniciačního procesu = Óðinn and the mead of poetry : two aspects of the initiatory process

The main subject of the article is the comparison between two different mythic accounts of the origin of the sacred mead of inspiration in the context of the Old Norse religious tradition. These two myths are both narrated, although in a highly enigmatic style, as parts of the eddaic poem Hávamál. B...

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Subtitles:Óðinn and the mead of poetry
Main Author: Kozák, Jan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Czech
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Published: [2010]
In: Religio
Year: 2010, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: [191]-215
Further subjects:B Óðinn
B Liminality
B skaldic poetry
B ritual ecstasy
B sacrificial hanging
B journey to Otherworld
B Old-Norse religion
B birth symbolism
B structure of initiation
B Self-sacrifice
B kenning
B Yggdrasill
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