Paganism at Home: Pre-Christian Private Praxis and Household Religion in the Iron-Age North
LJ Murphy - Scripta Islandica: Isländska Sällskapets Årsbok, 2018 - diva-portal.org
For all the richly-detailed texts that preserve (or claim to preserve) pre-Christian mythology
and beliefs, details of Germanic Nordic religious praxis in the Late Iron Age are few and far …
and beliefs, details of Germanic Nordic religious praxis in the Late Iron Age are few and far …
Herjans Dísir: Valkyrjur, Supernatural Feminities, and Elite Warrior Culture in the Late Pre-Christian Iron Age
LJ Murphy - 2013 - skemman.is
This thesis is a study of the valkyrjur ('valkyries') during the late Iron Age, specifically of the
various uses to which the myths of these beings were put by the hall-based warrior elite of …
various uses to which the myths of these beings were put by the hall-based warrior elite of …
Processes of Religious Change in Late Iron Age Gotland: Rereading, Spatialization and Enculturation
LJ Murphy - Place and Space in the Medieval World, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
The eleventh-century Christianization of Gotland seems to have been a gradual, even drawn-
out process, without a singular moment of national'conversion'of the type undergone by …
out process, without a singular moment of national'conversion'of the type undergone by …
Being Óðinn Bursson: The Creation of Social and Moral Obligation in Viking Age Warrior-Bands through the Ritualized, Oral Performance of Poetry: The Case of …
S Nygaard - Social Norms in Medieval Scandinavia, 2019 - degruyter.com
THe ORAL NATURe of Old Norse poetry and indeed Old Norse society is almost a
commonplace within scholarship today. Recently the idea of the performance 2 aspect of …
commonplace within scholarship today. Recently the idea of the performance 2 aspect of …
Processions and Ritual Movement in Viking Age Scandinavia
In this chapter we survey and analyse evidence for processions and their possible functions
in Viking Age Scandinavia. We propose two forms of processional movement, and examine …
in Viking Age Scandinavia. We propose two forms of processional movement, and examine …
Distinguishing Discourses of the Dísir
LJ Murphy - Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift, 2022 - tidsskrift.dk
Previous studies of the dísir have tended to focus on either their links with fertility or use of
the term to designate a wide range of supranatural female figures. This study reassesses the …
the term to designate a wide range of supranatural female figures. This study reassesses the …
[图书][B] Place and space in the medieval world
M Boulton, J Hawkes, H Stoner - 2018 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This paper was born out of research into the practicalities and sensualities of pilgrim travel in
medieval Britain. 2 What stood out the most during the course of this research and the …
medieval Britain. 2 What stood out the most during the course of this research and the …
[PDF][PDF] Between Unity and Diversity: Articulating Pre-Christian Nordic Religion and its Spaces in the Late Iron Age
LJ Murphy - Double Issue, 2017 - arts.au.dk
There is a growing acceptance that pre-Christian religion in the Nordic region was not a
single monolithic cultural system, but rather varied along a range of geographic, social …
single monolithic cultural system, but rather varied along a range of geographic, social …
ein lǫg ok einn siðr: Law, Religion, and their Role in the Cultivation of Cultural Memory in Pre-Christian Icelandic Society
S Nygaard - Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2021 - scancan.net
The transmission of law in pre-Christian Iceland was an oral process in an oral society. In
oral societies, such transmission processes may be characterized as a cultivation of cultural …
oral societies, such transmission processes may be characterized as a cultivation of cultural …
Distant Vikings: a manifesto
N Price - Acta Archaeologica, 2018 - brill.com
This paper addresses some contemporary challenges in approaching the Viking Age,
specifically the need for new interpretive models that we can bring to bear on its material …
specifically the need for new interpretive models that we can bring to bear on its material …