Yggdrasill

Author : Anders Andrén
Publisher : Nordic Academic Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789189116818

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Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives by Anders Andrén Pdf

The study of Old Norse Religion is a truly multidisciplinary and international field of research. The rituals, myths and narratives of pre-Christian Scandinavia are investigated and interpreted by archaeologists, historians, art historians, historians of religion as well as scholars of literature, onomastics and Scandinavian studies. For obvious reasons, these studies belong to the main curricula in Scandinavia but are also carried out at many other universities in Europe, the United States and Australia a fact that is evident to any reader of this book. In order to bring this broad and varied field of research together, an international conference on Old Norse religion was held in Lund in June 2004. About two hundred delegates from more than fifteen countries took part. The intention was to gather researchers to encourage and improve scholarly exchange and dialogue, and Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives presents a selection of the proceedings from that conference. The 75 contributions elucidate topics such as worldview and cosmology, ritual and religious practice, myth and memory as well as the reception and present-day use of Old Norse religion. The main editors of this volume have directed the multidisciplinary research project Roads to Midgard since 2000. The project is based at Lund University and funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation.

Author : Maria Kvilhuag
Publisher : The Three Little Sisters
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-27
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781959350026

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The Seed of Yggdrasill by Maria Kvilhuag Pdf

The most comprehensive guide to Norse literature, historical folk lore and more. Kvilhaug peels back the layers of the Eddas, Poems and Sagas to reveal hidden truths within Maria's background in research and archaeology is visible throughout with full illustrations, timelines and beautiful translations of passages providing the key to unlocking and deciphering the hidden wisdom within. Her exploration of modern interpretations, past parables, and related cultural mythos provides a deeper layer into the mysteries of Old Norse practices.

Author : Neko (Fantasy gamer),Kristoff Valla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Fantasy games
ISBN : 0857442759

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Yggdrasill by Neko (Fantasy gamer),Kristoff Valla Pdf

Author : Christopher Abram
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813942285

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Evergreen Ash by Christopher Abram Pdf

Norse mythology is obsessed with the idea of an onrushing and unstoppable apocalypse: Ragnarok, when the whole of creation will perish in fire, smoke, and darkness and the earth will no longer support the life it once nurtured. Most of the Old Norse texts that preserve the myths of Ragnarok originated in Iceland, a nation whose volcanic activity places it perpetually on the brink of a world-changing environmental catastrophe. As the first full-length ecocritical study of Old Norse myth and literature, Evergreen Ash argues that Ragnarok is primarily a story of ecological collapse that reflects the anxieties of early Icelanders who were trying to make a home in a profoundly strange, marginal, and at times hostile environment. Christopher Abram here contends that Ragnarok offers an uncanny foreshadowing of our current global ecological crisis—the era of the Anthropocene. Ragnarok portends what may happen when a civilization believes that nature can be mastered and treated only as a resource to be exploited for human ends. The enduring power of the Ragnarok myth, and its relevance to life in the era of climate change, lies in its terrifying evocation of a world in which nothing is what it was before, a world that is no longer home to us—and, thus, a world with no future. Climate change may well be our Ragnarok.

Author : Lynda C. Welch
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781609253127

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Goddess of the North by Lynda C. Welch Pdf

A thorough, academic look at the past, present, and future of Norse polytheism. Welch highlights many Norse goddesses as well as other divine females of the Norse pantheon - Valkyries, Norns, Giantesses, Disir - and in a straightforward manner, makes a definitive case for the primordial goddess.

Author : Anthony Winterbourne
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0838640486

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When the Norns Have Spoken by Anthony Winterbourne Pdf

"One of the most striking aspects of the process of conversion of paganism into Christianity is the manner in which certain key religious concepts were modified, without being totally obliterated from the new religious language. Residual pagan beliefs persevered, at least for a time, notably that concerning fate. The argument concludes that only after pagan fate was transformed into the concept of god's Providence could the problem of death and salvation in relation to God's power be made fully manifest. Fate had become linked with death as a new beginning within Christian eschatology, and was thus, finally, temporalized."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1899
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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the cult of othin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alesia Matson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-14
Category : Contemplation
ISBN : 9780975410707

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7 Mysteries by Alesia Matson Pdf

Using the symbolic information encoded in the number seven, this groundbreaking work makes meditation, contemplation, and prayer accessible to anyone interested in personal evolution.

Author : Michael D. J. Bintley
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843839897

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Trees in the Religions of Early Medieval England by Michael D. J. Bintley Pdf

Drawing on sources from archaeology and written texts, the author brings out the full significance of trees in both pagan and Christian Anglo-Saxon religion.

Author : Giles Watson,Buffarches
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781291767643

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Real Myth by Giles Watson,Buffarches Pdf

From legends of the Furies to the shower scene from 'Psycho', from the gentleness of Melangell to the fury of Andraste, this collection explores folk-tales and myths through a range of different voices. Giles Watson's dramatic monologues and idiosyncratic poetic narratives are complemented by beautiful and often unsettling illustrations by Buffarches.

Author : H. M. Chadwick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781107677197

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The Cult of Othin by H. M. Chadwick Pdf

Originally published in 1899, this concise book provides a series of essays on the Ancient Germanic cult of Woden. The text focuses on the characteristics and rites associated with the cult, as opposed to the more frequently discussed mythology associated with Woden. Questions are posed regarding the organisational structure of the cult and the places in which it was practiced. An authorial introduction and extensive textual notes are also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Germanic paganism and pre-Christian religion.

Author : Kimberley Christine Patton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199723281

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Religion of the Gods by Kimberley Christine Patton Pdf

In many of the world's religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, a seemingly enigmatic and paradoxical image is found--that of the god who worships. Various interpretations of this seeming paradox have been advanced. Some suggest that it represents sacrifice to a higher deity. Proponents of anthropomorphic projection say that the gods are just "big people" and that images of human religious action are simply projected onto the deities. However, such explanations do not do justice to the complexity and diversity of this phenomenon. In Religion of the Gods, Kimberley C. Patton uses a comparative approach to take up anew a longstanding challenge in ancient Greek religious iconography: why are the Olympian gods depicted on classical pottery making libations? The sacrificing gods in ancient Greece are compared to gods who perform rituals in six other religious traditions: the Vedic gods, the heterodox god Zurvan of early Zoroastrianism, the Old Norse god Odin, the Christian God and Christ, the God of Judaism, and Islam's Allah. Patton examines the comparative evidence from a cultural and historical perspective, uncovering deep structural resonances while also revealing crucial differences. Instead of looking for invisible recipients or lost myths, Patton proposes the new category of "divine reflexivity." Divinely performed ritual is a self-reflexive, self-expressive action that signals the origin of ritual in the divine and not the human realm. Above all, divine ritual is generative, both instigating and inspiring human religious activity. The religion practiced by the gods is both like and unlike human religious action. Seen from within the religious tradition, gods are not "big people," but other than human. Human ritual is directed outward to a divine being, but the gods practice ritual on their own behalf. "Cultic time," the symbiotic performance of ritual both in heaven and on earth, collapses the distinction between cult and theology each time ritual is performed. Offering the first comprehensive study and a new theory of this fascinating phenomenon, Religion of the Gods is a significant contribution to the fields of classics and comparative religion. Patton shows that the god who performs religious action is not an anomaly, but holds a meaningful place in the category of ritual and points to a phenomenologically universal structure within religion itself.

Author : Hrodrik von Hess
Publisher : Palibrio
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781463384098

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The Sacred Arcanum by Hrodrik von Hess Pdf

I am the Sophian Theoretical Kabbalist, a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day Saints under the attributes of the Three Maggid and Sages, Jos Miguel Bez, Yuyah MikaEl Ben Shimon and Hrodrik von Hess, the Adam and the man that was concealed and hidden within the Divine Form of Divine Androgyny (G-d), which contains all the lights of all the innumerous Kosmos. I welcome all humanity to read my sacred scrolls but when you enter into the temple where I am high priest, scribe, sage and a Sumerian Magi in the Ziggurat of Heaven leave behind your prejudices and your fundamental and literal religious orthodoxies and come in with an open mind and heart exposed to the infinite divine light that emanates from within me in the form of the arcane sciences and wisdom. Hermes Ter Maximus, the Orion and Pleiades Sage of Sages

Author : Kveldulf Gundarsson
Publisher : The Three Little Sisters
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781959350071

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Amulets, Stones & Herbs by Kveldulf Gundarsson Pdf

A comprehensive guide to the history and religious significance of amulets, stones, runes and herbs found throughout Germanic and Teutonic cultures. Amulets is Gundarsson’s finest work on the subject, providing an immense depth of knowledge on each and every amulet uncovered, giving you all the historical information needed to create your very own piece of history.

Author : Cambridge Philological Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Philology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006736867

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Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society by Cambridge Philological Society Pdf