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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 extended voice : Instances of myth in the Indo-European corpus

   Författare :Peter Jackson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Indo-European poetics; Vedic religion; Greek religion; pre-Christian Scandinavian religion; myth; oral tradition; oral literature; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : Proceeding from the presence of recurrent, poetic phrases and verbal collocations in early texts composed in Indo-European languages, this study is an attempt to elucidate some fundamental problems of myth, tradition and culture. The scholarly study of Indo-European religions and mythology-initiated during the 19th century and proceeding up to modem times with varying success-has often been devoted to the task of restoring a homogeneous system of Indo-European religious beliefs by searching for deep-seated reflexes of such a system in the historically attainable cultures. LÄS MER

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Der rätselhafte Gott : Heimdallr im Licht altnordischer Vorstellungen von Ahnen und Ordnung

   Författare :Sebastian Cöllen; Eva Hellman; Torsten Blomkvist; Britt-Mari Näsström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Old Norse religion; Germanic religion; Rígsþula; Hyndluljóð; Völuspá; Edda; odal; ancestors; social order; mediaeval society; Norway; Iceland; idéologie tripartie; Altnordische religion; germanische religion; Odal; Sippe; Ahnen; soziale Ordnung; mittelalterliche Gesellschaft; Norwegen; Island; fornnordisk religion; germansk religion; släktskap; samhällsordning; medeltiden; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims at a deeper understanding of the character of the Old West Norse god Heimdallr and of his function in the mythological traditions. The need for a new study of this god is indicated by the fact that the more than a century old description of him in the secondary literature as “the enigmatic god” is still standing. LÄS MER

7. 5. Krigarna i Odins sal : Dödsföreställningar och krigarkult fornnordisk religion

   Författare :Andreas Nordberg; Ulf Drobin; Anders Hultgård; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Othin; Valhall; war; warband; aristocracy; aristocratic hall; the afterlife; burial customs; Hel; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : The crucial question in this study concerns the relationship between the motifs of Valhall and Othin in the epically worked out myths, and the more vague and intuitive religious beliefs. Archaeological remains as well as Old Norse literature constitute the source material. LÄS MER