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Norse gods
Johan Egerkrans long dreamed of illustrating the Norse mythology, and when he released Norse Gods in Swedish it was an immediate success. Egerkrans re-tells the most exciting and imaginative sagas of the Norse mythology: From the creation myth in which the first giant...
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More than mythology narratives, ritual practice ...
The religion of the Viking Age is conventionally identified through its mythology: the ambiguous character Odin, the forceful Thor, and the end of the world approaching in Ragnarök. But pre-Christian religion consisted of so much more than mythic imagery and legends,...
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Tracing old Norse cosmology the world tree, mid ...
The study of Old Norse religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths, and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia have been studied and interpreted in detail by a vast number of scholars. They have long relied on the rich...
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Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives or ...
Norrön religion studeras av arkeologer, historiker, religionshistoriker, konsthistoriker, litteraturvetare, ortnamnsforskare och forskare inom skandinavistik. För att underlätta forskningsutbyte hölls 2004 en internationell konferens i Lund. Old Norse Religion in...