Sökning: "Old Norse"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 32 avhandlingar innehållade orden Old Norse.

1. 16. Muntlighet och minne : Sagatraditionen, kulturhistorien och det kulturella minnets blinda fläck

   Författare :Frederik Wallenstein; Peter Jackson Rova; Birgitta Svensson; Stephen Mitchell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural memory; collective memory; Assmann; cultural forgetting; continuity; discontinuity; culture; tradition; memory; collective relevance; oral prose; oral tradition; Icelandic sagas; soul conceptions; Old Norse religion; draugar; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on two distinct areas of study that do not have a predetermined or necessary connection to each other. The first area concerns issues of more immediate relevance to the cultural history of the Icelandic sagas, whereas the second area concerns issues of more general relevance to cultural memory research (Cultural Memory Studies, Kulturelles Gedächtnis) and what the author perceives as a deficiency or “blind spot” in this theory. LÄS MER

3. 17. 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

4. 18. Tor och den nordiska åskan : föreställningar kring världsaxeln

   Författare :Maths Bertell; Ulf Drobin; Håkan Rydving; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria; Thor; Hovrengaellis; Ukko; Old Norse; Sami; Finnish; Striking fire; Cult; Aristocratic hall;

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5. 19. Hå och hamna : Ordhistoriska och ordgeografiska studier av paddlingens och roddens äldsta terminologi i Norden

   Författare :Åke Sandström; Lars-Erik Edlund; Gunnstein Akselberg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; North Germanic languages; North Germanic dialects; Scandinavia; dialectology; geolinguistics; language history; etymology; paddling; rowing methods; back water rowing; oar grommet; oarlock; thole; paddle; steering oar; thrust oar; traditional wooden boats; skin boats;

   Sammanfattning : In Old West Norse there is mention of an Arctic skin and osier boat, which was paddled with Old West Norse (húð)keipr, diminutive keipull, formed on Germanic *kaip- ’bend, unfold’ according to the construction method. In East Norse there was a corresponding wooden boat, e.g. LÄS MER

7. 20. 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