Sökning: "Old Norse religion"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Old Norse religion.

  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. De guldglänsande ryttarna : C-brakteaternas ikonografi i ny belysning

    Författare :Johan Adetorp; Marianne Görman; Anders Hultgård; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gold bracteate; Migration Period; Iconography; Iconology; Celtic religion; Germanic religion; Old Norse religion; Religionsvetenskap; Study of Religions; Germanic religion; Old Norse; Celtic religion; iconology; Iconography; Gold bracteate; Migration period;

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  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