05023cam a2200709Mi 4500 ocn900086900 OCoLC 20200709060619.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 150105t20142014sw ab ob 001 0 eng d CN3GA eng pn CN3GA OCLCO OCLCF EBLCP VALIL YDXCP OCLCO OCLCQ TEFOD OCLCQ KYC MERUC OCLCQ MNM YDX INT N$T 898769420 973755746 1033680237 9187675013 (electronic bk.) 9789187675010 (electronic bk.) 9789185509386 9185509388 1868393 (N$T) (OCoLC)900086900 (OCoLC)898769420 (OCoLC)973755746 (OCoLC)1033680237 D1D7BD80-6D47-497A-AD01-61C4C05E7EC3 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com ev----- BL860 .A53 2014 GN lcco REL 017000 bisacsh 293 23 MAIN Andrén, Anders, 1952- author. Tracing old Norse cosmology : the world tree, middle earth, and the sun from archaeological perspectives / Anders Andrén. Lund : Nordic Academic Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Vägar till Midgård ; 16 Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-230) and index. Print version record. Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Old Norse cosmology as an archaeological challenge; Cosmological aspects of Old Norse religion; The chronological and spatial horizons of Old Norse cosmology; Archaeology and Old Norse cosmology; Three archaeological studies; 2. In the shadow of Yggdrasill; Mythological trees; Real trees; Representations of trees; The archaeology of 'tree settings'; The semiotics of the 'tree settings'; The world from the view-point of 'tree settings'; The tree in Old Norse religion; 3. A world of stone; A biography of Ismantorp; Ölandic comparisons. Scandinavian fortsOutlines of an early Scandinavian martial culture; War as ritualized action; War and cosmology; Models and parallels; Back to Ismantorp; Ismantorp and Old Norse cosmology; 4. Whirls, horses, and ships; Early picture stones on Gotland; New contexts; An initial pictorial analysis; A return trip to Bronze Age iconography; Bridging the gap between Eskelhem and Sanda; Bronze Age perspectives on early Gotlandic picture stones; Metalwork in the Iron Age; A special case: the gold bracteates; Iron Age perspectives on early Gotlandic picture stones. The sun in later mythological contextsTracing sun rituals; The disappearance of solar symbols and sun rituals in the sixth century; Solar traditions through time; 5. Placing Old Norse cosmology in time and space; Different trajectories; The Migration Period as a cluster of changes; The Huns; The dust veil; The disappearance of the sun-oriented traditions in the sixth century; A golden age; Outlines of a new context; References; Primary Old Norse sources; Other primary sources and secondary literature. The study of Old Norse religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths, and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia have been studied and interpreted in detail relying mainly on Christian Icelandic literature from the Middle Ages. Here, Anders Andrén offers a long-term perspective on Old Norse cosmology and argues that the fundamental ideas of an ordered universe, time, and space in Old Norse religion can be studied in a dialogue between archaeology and the Icelandic narrative tradition. Ideas about the world tree, middle earth, and the sun can be. Added to collection customer.56279.3 - Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Cosmology, Norse. Mythology, Norse. Northmen Religion. Archaeology and religion Scandinavia. HISTORY Europe Scandinavia. bisacsh Archaeology and religion. fast (OCoLC)fst00813007 Cosmology, Norse. fast (OCoLC)fst00880630 Mythology, Norse. fast (OCoLC)fst01031869 Northmen Religion. fast (OCoLC)fst01039304 Scandinavia. fast (OCoLC)fst01242804 RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Andrén, Anders, 1952- Tracing old Norse cosmology. 9789185509386 9185509388 Vägar till Midgård ; 16. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1868393 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1903582 YBP Library Services YANK 12223742 EBSCOhost EBSC 1868393 92 N$T 57640 57640