Did a Little Birdie Really Tell Odin? Applying Theory of Mind to Old Norse Religion
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...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 280-308 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theory of mind
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
/ Germanic peoples
/ Mythology
/ Supernatural being
/ Knowledge
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RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BD Ancient European religions |
Further subjects: | B
Vikings
B Old Norse religion B Omniscience B theory of mind B cognitive science of religion B Odin |
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