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University Press of Southern Denmark Three Crowns and Eleven Tears: East Norse
Book SynopsisThis past decade or so, the study of East Norse philology has been experiencing something of a renaissance. This volume contains twelve articles written by international scholars from seven different countries. Based on papers given at the Fourth International Conference for East Norse Philology held in Cologne in June 2019, this volume presents the latest research within areas such as Text Witness and Linguistics, Paleography as well as Codicology, Transmission, Adaptation, and Media Change. Three Crowns and Eleven Tears: East Norse Philology from Cologne is the fourth volume published by Selskab for Østnordisk Filologi Sällskap för östnordisk filologi, founded in Uppsala in 2013.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Lay Belief in Norse Society 1000-1350
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Museum Tusculanum Press Images of Cult and Devotion – Function and
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Puffin Carcass Norse Mythology for Bostonians A Transcription of the Impudent Edda
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Northern Displayers, Skadi Press The Saga of Didrik of Bern with The Dwarf King Laurin
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Jules William Press Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse Old Icelandic Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series
Book SynopsisSupplementary Exercises for Old Norse - Old Icelandic is a new volume in the Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series. A workbook of 17 lessons designed for those who want to learn or sharpen their skills in Old Norse with innovative exercises, word games, and map questions. With a full vocabulary and a free Answer Key at oldnorse.org. It also contains Old Norse readings drawn from the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok (recounting Ragnar's attack on England and his death in the snake pit) and mythic passages from The Prose Edda describing a journey of the Norse gods, the great dragons treasure, and the magical ring of the dwarves. Supplementary Exercises master Old Norse.
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Bastian & West Spirit Walking for the Rune Mystic An Introduction to Working in the Spirit Realms Arts of Seidr
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Read Books The Prose Edda Tales From Norse Mythology
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Nielson Book Services Norse Myths That Inspired Final Fantasy VII
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Myths of the Pagan North: The Gods of the Norsemen
Book SynopsisThis is an engaging account of the world of the Vikings and their gods. As the Vikings began to migrate overseas as raiders or settlers in the late eighth century, there is evidence that this new way of life, centred on warfare, commerce and exploration, brought with it a warrior ethos that gradually became codified in the Viking myths, notably in the cult of Odin, the god of war, magic and poetry, and chief god in the Norse pantheon. The twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when most of Scandinavia had long since been converted to Christianity, form perhaps the most important era in the history of Norse mythology: only at this point were the myths of Thor, Freyr and Odin first recorded in written form. Using archaeological sources to take us further back in time than any written document, the accounts of foreign writers like the Roman historian Tacitus, and the most important repository of stories of the gods, old Norse poetry and the Edda, Christopher Abram leads the reader into the lost world of the Norse gods.Trade Review‘Undoubtedly a learned, informative and enjoyable account of the Norse myths that presents a new model for future discussion.' -- BBC History Magazine‘The most innovative aspect of Abram's account is the emphasis he places on skaldic verse, particularly in his chapters dealing with the Viking Age and the conversion period. Though it would be easy to dismiss this poetry as no more ancient than the high medieval sources in which it is preserved, Abram takes the more challenging line that some of it is indeed originally from the pagan period and very successfully teases all kinds of new insights from it. He does this by paying much closer attention to the contexts and detail of this poetry than previous commentators... this is undoubtedly a learned, informative and enjoyable account of the Norse myths that presents a new model for future discussion.' -- www.historyextra.com[a] valuable introduction to the subject. -- Contemporary Review, Volume 293, No. 1702Almost all of the scholars from whom we have learnt about Norse mythology were synthesisers, carefully combining fragmentary evidence from different regions, periods, and genres to build up as coherent a composite picture as possible... Dr Abram takes the opposite approach, isolating each individual instance of a myth’s occurrence, discussing it as an entity in its own right, and relating it to whatever can be discovered of its social and historical context — and indeed, in the case of skaldic verse, to what is known of its author and the patron for whom he wrote... However much we already know and love Norse myths, Dr Abram’s book will add a vivid new awareness of the human processes that created and preserved them. -- Jacqueline Simpson , The Folklore Society, UK * Folklore *Table of ContentsIntroduction.; Chapter 1: The sources of Norse mythology.; Chapter 2: The gods on the ground.; Chapter 3: Myths in the Viking Age.; Chapter 4: The Twilight of the gods.; Chapter 5: Pagan myths under conversion.; Chapter 6: The rebirth of Norse mythology.
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Green Magic Publishing Freya
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Asphodel Press Odin's Chosen: A Handbook of Asatru
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Tychis Media The Goddess of Nothing At All
Book Synopsis2nd place Finalist in BBNYA 2022, this queer dark fantasy Norse myth retelling is perfect for fans of Circe, The Witch''s Heart, and The Silence of the Girls.Perhaps you know the myths.Furious, benevolent GodsA tree that binds nine realms.A hammer stronger than any weapon.And someday, the end of everything.But few have heard of me.Looking back, it''s easy to know what choices I might have made differently. At least it feels that way. I might have given up on my title. Told my father he was useless, king of Gods or no, and left Asgard. Made a life somewhere else.Maybe I would never have let Loki cross my path. Never have fallen in love.But there''s no going back.We were happy once.And the price for that happiness was the end of everything.
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De Gruyter The Demise of Norse Religion: Dismantling and Defending the Old Order in Viking Age Scandinavia
Book Synopsis When describing the transition from Old Norse religion to Christianity in recent studies, the concept of "Christianization" is often applied. To a large extent this historiography focuses on the outcome of the encounter, namely the description of early Medieval Christianity and the new Christian society. The purpose of the present study is to concentrate more exclusively on the Old Norse religion during this period of change and to analyze the processes behind its disappearance on an official level of the society. More specifically this study concentrates on the role of Viking kings and indigenous agency in the winding up of the old religion. An actor-oriented perspective will thus be established, which focuses on the actions, methods and strategies applied by the early Christian Viking kings when dismantling the religious tradition that had previously formed their lives. In addition, the resistance that some pagan chieftains offered against these Christian kings is discussed as well as the question why they defended the old religious tradition.
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Brill An Arena for Higher Powers: Ceremonial Buildings and Religious Strategies for Rulership in Late Iron Age Scandinavia
Book SynopsisIn An Arena for Higher Powers Olof Sundqvist investigates ceremonial buildings and religious ruler strategies in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (i.e. AD 550-1050/1100). The author offers here an account of the role played by religion in political undertakings among the pre-Christian ruling elites at halls and cultic buildings. Sundqvist applies a regional approach, so as to be able to account for the specific historical, cultural and social contexts. The focus is mainly on three regions, the Lake Mälaren area in Sweden, Trøndelag in Norway, and Iceland. Since the political structure and other contextual aspects partly differed in the three regions, the religious strategies for gaining legitimacy and authorization at the sanctuaries also varied to some extent in these areas.
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Arc Humanities Press Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology: Myth and
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Arc Humanities Press Icelandic Folklore and the Cultural Memory of
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Arc Humanities Press Beowulf—A Poem
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Arc Humanities Press Icelandic Folklore and the Cultural Memory of
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Oxford University Press SNORRI EDDA PROLOGUE GYLFAGINNING C
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Taylor & Francis The Poetic Edda
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Cambridge University Press Shamanic Materialities in Nordic Climates
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Cambridge University Press Gods and Humans in Medieval Scandinavia
Book SynopsisThe coming of Christianity to Northern Europe resulted in profound cultural changes. In the course of a few generations, new answers were given to fundamental existential questions and older notions were invalidated. Jonas Wellendorf''s study, the first monograph in English on this subject, explores the medieval Scandinavian reception and re-interpretation of pre-Christian Scandinavian religion. This original work draws on a range of primary sources ranging from Prose Edda and Saxo Grammaticus'' History of the Danes to less well known literary works including the Saga of Barlaam and the Hauksbók manuscript (c.1300). By providing an in-depth analysis of often overlooked mythological materials, along with translations of all textual passages, Wellendorf delivers an accessible work that sheds new light on the ways in which the old gods were integrated into the Christian worldview of medieval Scandinavia.Trade Review'… useful and interesting work relevant for researchers …' Luke John Murphy, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval StudiesTable of Contents1. Retying the bonds; 2. The hierarchy of disbeliefs in antipagan polemics; 3. Universalist aspirations in Hauksbók; 4. The Byzantine Gods of Saxo Grammaticus; 5. Gods and humans in the Prose Edda; Epilogue: Óðinn and Odysseus.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Norse Mythology Unabridged CD
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