This thesis is a study of the valkyrjur (‘valkyries’) during the late Iron Age, specifically of the various uses to which the myths of these beings were put by the hall-based warrior elite of the society which created and propagated these religious phenomena. It seeks to establish the relationship of the various valkyrja reflexes of the culture under study with other supernatural females (particularly the dísir) through the close and careful examination of primary source material, thereby proposing a new model of base supernatural femininity for the late Iron Age. The study then goes on to examine how the valkyrjur themselves deviate from this ground state, interrogating various aspects and features associated with them in skaldic, Eddic, p...
This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive survey of Old Norse visions of life after death relating...
In the Late Iron Age, the Mälaren region contained a clearly stratified society and many sites in th...
The essay has its beginning in the source material that deal with ancient Norse religion before the ...
This thesis is a study of the cult of Óðinn as it seems to have evolved within the newly emerging wa...
The presented thesis is a study of fylgjur in Old Norse literature. It seeks to re-examine and shed ...
This project examines the figures of Hervör and Þornbjörg from the perspective of their martial acti...
Šī darba mērķis ir izprast Valhallas koncepcijas dažādus slāņus Skandināvu mitoloģijā, ieskatīties m...
The image of the warrior-woman, or Valkyrie, occurs, in a number of forms, throughout the Anglo-Saxo...
The textual accounts of the legendary leaders of the pre-Christian past in Scandinavia have extensiv...
Þessi ritgerð rannsakar hlutverk sjávarins í forkristinni norrænni trú (PCRN) og athöfnum frá járnöl...
The present thesis involves a study of the various ways in which the Northernmost regions of Fenno-S...
Eriksson, J.E. 2021. Hallar och kulthus i södra Skandinavien under äldre järnålder: När Oden och här...
Úvodní část práce přiblíží vikingskou společnost raného středověku. Následující kapitola bude popiso...
Abstrakt This essay is about how I investigated the valkyries and shieldmaidens gender in Old Norse ...
Many of the characters of Old Norse poetry and literature are shrouded in mist. Among these are the ...
This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive survey of Old Norse visions of life after death relating...
In the Late Iron Age, the Mälaren region contained a clearly stratified society and many sites in th...
The essay has its beginning in the source material that deal with ancient Norse religion before the ...
This thesis is a study of the cult of Óðinn as it seems to have evolved within the newly emerging wa...
The presented thesis is a study of fylgjur in Old Norse literature. It seeks to re-examine and shed ...
This project examines the figures of Hervör and Þornbjörg from the perspective of their martial acti...
Šī darba mērķis ir izprast Valhallas koncepcijas dažādus slāņus Skandināvu mitoloģijā, ieskatīties m...
The image of the warrior-woman, or Valkyrie, occurs, in a number of forms, throughout the Anglo-Saxo...
The textual accounts of the legendary leaders of the pre-Christian past in Scandinavia have extensiv...
Þessi ritgerð rannsakar hlutverk sjávarins í forkristinni norrænni trú (PCRN) og athöfnum frá járnöl...
The present thesis involves a study of the various ways in which the Northernmost regions of Fenno-S...
Eriksson, J.E. 2021. Hallar och kulthus i södra Skandinavien under äldre järnålder: När Oden och här...
Úvodní část práce přiblíží vikingskou společnost raného středověku. Následující kapitola bude popiso...
Abstrakt This essay is about how I investigated the valkyries and shieldmaidens gender in Old Norse ...
Many of the characters of Old Norse poetry and literature are shrouded in mist. Among these are the ...
This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive survey of Old Norse visions of life after death relating...
In the Late Iron Age, the Mälaren region contained a clearly stratified society and many sites in th...
The essay has its beginning in the source material that deal with ancient Norse religion before the ...