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- Andrén, Anders
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Behind Heathendom : Archaeological Studies of Old Norse Religion
- 2007
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Ingår i: Scottish Archaeological Journal. - 0305-8980. ; 27:2, s. 105-138
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper offers a synthesis of a large body of research into the "Old Norse religion" which has been conducted as part of a multidisciplinary research projekt - Vägar till Midgård - Roads to Midgard. Evidence for Pre-Christian Norse religion is drawn from Medieval Icelandic literature, place-names and the archaeology of ritual sites. The movement from open-air sites to purpose built ritual houses and finally churches is outlined. The prolonged contact with the Mediterranean world during the Roman Iron Age exerted a strong influence on Old Norse religion and some of the most distinctively Scandinavian religious features can be seen to be hybrid cultural constructs.
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