Sökning: "Norse mythology"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Norse mythology.

1. 1. "Hallen var lyst i helig frid" : Krig och fred mellan gudar och jättar i en fornnordisk hallmiljö

   Författare :Tommy Kuusela; Olof Sundqvist; Terry Adrian Gunnell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Giants; Old Norse; Religion; Halls; Old Norse Religion; Mythology; Óðinn; Þórr; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is the first study to examine the interaction between gods and giants in Old Norse mythology from the perspective of Iron Age halls. Its central aim is to contextualise Old Norse mythological narratives that describe the interactions between gods and giants in a hall environment, and to show how the mythological depictions can be compared to the norms and rules found in Iron Age hall culture, especially in connection with its warrior ideology. LÄS MER

3. 2. The Viking Way : Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

   Författare :Neil Price; Martin Carver; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Viking Age; Vikings; Óðinn; seiðr; sorcery; shamanism; warfare; Norse religion; Norse mythology; Sámi; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : The social role of magic is a prevalent theme of the medieval Icelandic sagas that claim to describe life several centuries earlier in the Viking Age, and indeed also saturates the Eddic poetry that is our primary source for the mythology and cosmology of the time. However, little archaeological or historical research has been done to explore what this aspect of ritual may really have meant to the men and women of late Iron Age Scandinavia. LÄS MER

4. 3. Våra förfäder var hedningar : Nordisk forntid som myt i den svenska folkskolans pedagogiska texter fram till år 1919

   Författare :Johan Wickström; Eva Hellman; Olof Sundqvist; Stefan Arvidsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; use of history; myth; mythology; Old Norse religion; pre-history; ethnicity; nationalism; class; Old Icelandic; educational history; textbooks; school; didactics; Antonio Gramsci; Bruce Lincoln; intellectuals; history of religions; classification; hierarchy; ideology; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : Narratives of Nordic pre-history are common in textbooks of the Swedish 'folk school'. This thesis discusses them from an ideological critical perspective and analyses them as textbook myths. This analytic concept of myth is constructed and used as a tool for studying ideological expressions in pedagogical texts. LÄS MER

5. 4. Ariska idoler : Den indoeuropeiska mytologin som ideologi och vetenskap

   Författare :Stefan Arvidsson; Stefanie von Schnurbein; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Wilhelm Schmidt; George Dumézil; Aryan; Indo-European; History of Religion; Mythology; Myth; Historiography; Humanities; Ideology; Philology; Old Norse Myth; Germanic Religion; Vedic Religion; Friedrich Max Müller; Greek Religion; Marija Gimbutas; Theology; History of religion; Religionshistoria; Religionsvetenskap; Study of Religions; George Dumézil; Wilhelm Schmidt; Aryan; Indo-European; History of Religion; Mythology; Myth; Historiography; Humanities; Ideology; Philology; Old Norse Myth; Germanic Religion; Vedic Religion; Friedrich Max Müller; Greek Religion; Marija Gimbutas; Theology; Teologi;

   Sammanfattning : By using ancient texts, medieval documents, philological observations, and archaeological artifacts, scholars have reconstructed a prehistorical world and religion. The people who upheld this culture have been named, inter alia, "Indo-Europeans", "Aryans", "Japhetites" and "Wiros". LÄS MER

7. 5. Vikingatida sköldar : Ting, bild och text som associativt fält

   Författare :Kerstin Odebäck; Mats Burström; Anders Andrén; Terje Gansum; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Viking Age; shields; miniature shields; picture stones; rune stones; burials; skaldic poetry; warrior ideal; Norse mythology; arkeologi med inriktning mot allmän arkeologi; Archaeology with General Specialisation;

   Sammanfattning : Shields are among the most iconic artefacts associated with the Viking Age. Even though shields occur frequently in various archaeological and written sources, the function and meaning of shields have been sparsely researched and they have mainly been considered relevant as part of the warrior’s equipment. LÄS MER