Sökning: "cult of the dead"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden cult of the dead.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. The sacrificial rituals of Greek hero-cults in the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods

    Författare :Gunnel Ekroth; Robert Parker; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Greek religion; hero-cults; Archiac; Classical; animal sacrifice; libation; theoxenia; blood; holocaust; altar; cult of the dead; cult of the gods; ritual dining; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Sammanfattning : This study questions the traditional view of sacrifices in hero-cults during the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods (c. 700-300 BC) as consisting mainly in holocausts, rituals focusing on the blood of the animal victim and the presentation of meals, and rarely in thysia sacrifices followed by collective dining. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Stenbärarna : Kult och rituell praktik i skandinavisk bronsålder

    Författare :Leif Karlenby; Anders Kaliff; Joakim Goldhahn; Susanne Thedéen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bronze Age; cult place; ritual practice; cosmology; divine twins; shaman warrior; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis sets out to discuss the Bronze Age cosmology in Scandinavia, based on the results from the investigations at Nibble outside Enköping in Uppland. The excavations were carried out in 2007 and revealed extensive remains of a ritual place with burials, cult houses and food preparation areas. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Hauger som konstruksjoner : arkeologiske forventninger gjennom 200 år

    Författare :Terje Gansum; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; expectations; production of knowledge; graves; barrows; mounds; constructions; rituals; single context;

    Sammanfattning : The production of archaeological knowledge is the main focus in this thesis. Archaeological expectations and praxis is analyzed through the study of barrows. LÄS MER

  7. 5. I skuggan av Karl August : Nya perspektiv på Fersenska upploppet 1810

    Författare :Lars Hultman; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Sammanfattning : On 20 June 1810 Stockholm was rocked by a full-blown and violent riot. A funeral precession for the recently deceased crown prince Charles August turned into a furious riot which eventually developed into an attack on the entire existing social order. LÄS MER