The Materiality of Myth: Divine Objects in Norse Mythology

The vivid presence of material objects in Scandinavian cosmology, as preserved in the Old Norse myths, carries underexplored traces of belief systems and the material experience of Iron Age Scandinavia (400-1000 CE). This paper proposes an archaeological reading of Norse mythology to help explain ho...

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Main Author: Knutson, Sara Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2019]
In: Temenos
Year: 2019, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-53
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Norway / Germanic peoples / Iron age / Findings / Mythology / Gods
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
Further subjects:B Age Scandinavia
B Materiality
B Norse Mythology
B mythological objects
B pre-Christian belief
B Religion
B Iron
B Roland Barthes
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