The Materiality of Myth

The vivid presence of material objects in Scandinavian cosmology, as preserved in the Old Norse myths, carries underexplored traces of belief systems and the material experience of Iron Age Scandinavia (400–1000 CE). This paper proposes an archaeological reading of Norse mythology to help explain ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sara Ann Knutson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 2019-06-01
Series:Temenos
Online Access:https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/83424