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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Main Author: Taggart, Declan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: 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
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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