The Viking way: magic and mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia

Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themes of the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematic yet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence for the Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet despite the consistency of this picture, surprisingly little...

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Main Author: Price, Neil S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxbow Books 2019
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Edition:Second edition, fully revised and expanded
Further subjects:B Vikings Religion
B Iron Age (Scandinavia)
B Iron Age
B Viking antiquities
B Ancient / General ; bisacsh / HISTORY
B Vikings Warfare
B Excavations (archaeology)
B Viking antiquities (Scandinavia)
B Vikings ; Religion
B Scandinavia
B Ancient / Generals / HISTORY
B Vikings
B Vikings ; Warfare
B Excavations (archaeology) (Scandinavia)
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