Otherworldly Beings in the Pre-Christian North: Tribal, Chiefdom, and Archaic Religion and the Use of Cultural Evolutionary Theory

The interplay between societal and cultural change consists of a host of different factors. Religious conceptions are just one and are this article’s focus. Various conceptions of Otherworldly beings can be found in the textual sources for pre-Christian Nordic religion. To better understand these di...

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Main Author: Nygaard, Simon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2022
In: Temenos
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 67-89
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Europe / Supernatural being / Nature religion / Typology / Cultural evolution
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BD Ancient European religions
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
NBC Doctrine of God
NBH Angelology; demonology
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B vanir
B Ontology
B Cultural Evolution
B archaic religion
B Philippe Descola
B pre-Christian Nordic religion
B tribal religion
B chiefdom religion
B Robert N. Bellah
B dispositions of being
B álfar
B otherwordly beings
B cultural evolutionary theory
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