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Myths of the Pagan North
The Gods of the Norsemen
Buch von Christopher Abram
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
Christopher Abram is Lecturer in Medieval Scandinavian Studies at University College, London where he teaches Old Norse mythology, literature and language. He has published scholarly articles on eddic poetry and is working on a volume about the transmission of the Icelandic eddas.
Zusammenfassung
Unravels the cults of fertility, death and war that shaped the Norse myths.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction / 1. The Sources of Norse Mythology / 2. The Gods on the Ground / 3. Myths in the Viking Age / 4. The Twilight of the Gods / 5. Pagan Myths under Conversion / 6. The Rebirth of Norse Mythology
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Mittelalter
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781847252470
ISBN-10: 1847252478
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Abram, Christopher
Hersteller: Continuum
Maße: 240 x 161 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher Abram
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.03.2011
Gewicht: 0,58 kg
Artikel-ID: 127475433
Über den Autor
Christopher Abram is Lecturer in Medieval Scandinavian Studies at University College, London where he teaches Old Norse mythology, literature and language. He has published scholarly articles on eddic poetry and is working on a volume about the transmission of the Icelandic eddas.
Zusammenfassung
Unravels the cults of fertility, death and war that shaped the Norse myths.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction / 1. The Sources of Norse Mythology / 2. The Gods on the Ground / 3. Myths in the Viking Age / 4. The Twilight of the Gods / 5. Pagan Myths under Conversion / 6. The Rebirth of Norse Mythology
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Mittelalter
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781847252470
ISBN-10: 1847252478
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Abram, Christopher
Hersteller: Continuum
Maße: 240 x 161 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher Abram
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.03.2011
Gewicht: 0,58 kg
Artikel-ID: 127475433
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