This thesis is a study of the cult of Óðinn as it seems to have evolved within the newly emerging warrior-based aristocracy of southern Scandinavia during the centuries prior to the Viking Age. By approaching sources critically and focusing on archaeological evidence, it looks specifically at how the deity developed within the said milieu and at the uses his cult may have served for those who worshipped him. It subsequently seeks to address other related questions such as when Óðinn came to become associated with warrior-kings in Scandinavia, where this seems to have occurred, and how it might have happened, including an examination of the social and political influences that might have been involved in the development. By means of this pro...
Though she does not appear as often as other gods in Snorra Edda, the goddess Skaði causes a stir in...
The thesis discusses Medieval Scandinavian art, in particular church doors and portals from 12th and...
During the three first centuries A.D the cult to roman emperor was practiced over the absolute major...
The textual accounts of the legendary leaders of the pre-Christian past in Scandinavia have extensiv...
This thesis is a study of the valkyrjur (‘valkyries’) during the late Iron Age, specifically of the ...
Eriksson, J.E. 2021. Hallar och kulthus i södra Skandinavien under äldre järnålder: När Oden och här...
This study investigates the credibility of the descriptions of pre-Christian cultic leadership and r...
The essay has its beginning in the source material that deal with ancient Norse religion before the ...
The intention of present study is to investigate the information about the pre-Christian cult of a d...
Þessi ritgerð rannsakar hlutverk sjávarins í forkristinni norrænni trú (PCRN) og athöfnum frá járnöl...
The Viking Age is the roughly 300-year period of European history marked by the martial activities o...
This thesis investigates the religiosity of some Germanic peoples of the Migration period (approxima...
Allnokkrir fornleifagripir sem aldursgreina má til yngri-járnaldar og víkingaaldar hafa uppgötvast í...
This dissertation deals with the interpretation of four myths from early medieval Scandinavia, in wh...
ABSTRACT: There are very few sources, other than material remains and spatial arrangements revealed ...
Though she does not appear as often as other gods in Snorra Edda, the goddess Skaði causes a stir in...
The thesis discusses Medieval Scandinavian art, in particular church doors and portals from 12th and...
During the three first centuries A.D the cult to roman emperor was practiced over the absolute major...
The textual accounts of the legendary leaders of the pre-Christian past in Scandinavia have extensiv...
This thesis is a study of the valkyrjur (‘valkyries’) during the late Iron Age, specifically of the ...
Eriksson, J.E. 2021. Hallar och kulthus i södra Skandinavien under äldre järnålder: När Oden och här...
This study investigates the credibility of the descriptions of pre-Christian cultic leadership and r...
The essay has its beginning in the source material that deal with ancient Norse religion before the ...
The intention of present study is to investigate the information about the pre-Christian cult of a d...
Þessi ritgerð rannsakar hlutverk sjávarins í forkristinni norrænni trú (PCRN) og athöfnum frá járnöl...
The Viking Age is the roughly 300-year period of European history marked by the martial activities o...
This thesis investigates the religiosity of some Germanic peoples of the Migration period (approxima...
Allnokkrir fornleifagripir sem aldursgreina má til yngri-járnaldar og víkingaaldar hafa uppgötvast í...
This dissertation deals with the interpretation of four myths from early medieval Scandinavia, in wh...
ABSTRACT: There are very few sources, other than material remains and spatial arrangements revealed ...
Though she does not appear as often as other gods in Snorra Edda, the goddess Skaði causes a stir in...
The thesis discusses Medieval Scandinavian art, in particular church doors and portals from 12th and...
During the three first centuries A.D the cult to roman emperor was practiced over the absolute major...