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E Pre-Christian Religions of the North E Pre-Christian Religions of the North RESEARCH and RECEPTION RESEARCH and RECEPTION Volume I: from the Middle Ages to C e Pre-Christian Religions of the North e Pre-Christian Religions of the North HISTORY AND STRUCTURES WRITTEN SOURCES Edited by Jens Peter Schjødt, John Lindow, and Anders Andrén Edited by John McKinnell The product of an international interdisciplinary team, the History and Structures strand of the A n international team of scholars provides a guide to the various categories of written sources for Pre-Christian Religion of the North series aims to approach the subject by giving equal weight to Germanic and Finnic paganism and discusses the opportunities and pitfalls involved in using them. After archaeological and textual sources, taking into consideration recent theories on religion within an overall introduction, its fi rst section, on inscriptions, includes chapters on Roman period altars, runic all the disciplines that are needed in order to gain a comprehensive view of the religious history inscriptions in the Older and Anglo-Frisian Futharks, and runic inscriptions in the Younger Futhark. The and world view of pre-Christian Scandinavia from the perspective of the beginning of the twenty- next section discusses sources written about Germanic paganism by outsiders, in Greek, classical Latin, fi rst century. Arabic, Old Church Slavonic and Celtic. A separate section on Finnic and Sámi paganism is followed by Volume I presents the basic premises of the study and a consideration of the sources: memory and chapters on non-Scandinavian Germanic sources (Old English verse and prose, Old and Middle High oral tradition, written sources, religious vocabulary, place names and personal names, archaeology, German and Old Saxon, medieval German Latin and Anglo-Latin), and a section on Scandinavian Latin, including separate chapters on Saxo Grammaticus, Olaus Magnus and Arngrímur Jónsson. The section e Pre-Christian and images. on sources in Old Norse includes chapters on Eddic verse, Skaldic verse, Skaldic kennings, codes of law Volume II treats the social, geographical, and historical contexts in which the religion was practiced and legal cases, homilies and religious sagas, learned sagas, historical works about Iceland, Snorra Edda, and through which it can be understood. This volume also includes communication between Heimskringla, other sagas of kings, contemporary sagas, family sagas and þættir, legendary sagas and Guta worlds, primarily through various ritual structures. saga. A chapter on place-names will be followed by a section on traces of paganism in post-medieval Volume III explores conceptual frameworks: the cosmos and collective supernatural beings popular sources, including ballads, folklore and traditional customs and ceremonies. The volume also includes a full bibliography and index. Religions of the North (notions regarding the cosmos and regarding such collective supernatural beings as the norns, valkyries, giants, and dwarfs) and also gods and goddesses (including Þórr, Óðinn, Freyr, Freyja, and many others). Volume IV describes the process of Christianization in the Nordic region and also includes a bibliography and indices for the entire four-volume work. approx. 1000 p., ISBN 978-2-503-57490-5 4 vols, 2150 p., 245 b/w ills, 2 col, ills, Volume 2. Contexts and Communication - 43 Freyr – OLOF SUNDQVIST SCHEDULED FOR 2021 156 x 234 mm, ISBN 978-2-503-57489-9, HB between Worlds 44 approx. € 450 / $585.00 - Loki – JENS PETER SCHJØDT - 19 Historical and Social Contexts – - 45 Freyja – INGUNN ÁSDÍSARDÓTTIR SCHEDULED FOR WINTER 2019-20 TABLE OF CONTENTS ANDERS ANDRÉN - 46 Baldr – JOHN LINDOW - 20 Laws and Assemblies – STEFAN BRINK - 47 Njǫrðr – JOHN LINDOW - 21 Ethics – JOHN LINDOW - 48 Týr – JOHN LINDOW Introduction – JOHN MCKINNELL - 22 Gender – JUDY QUINN - 49 Ullr – ANDERS ANDRÉN - 23 Kings and Rulers – JENS PETER SCHJØDT - 50 Heimdallr – SEBASTIAN CÖLLEN Inscriptions Scandinavian Latin Sources Traces of Paganism in Late- and Post- TABLE OF CONTENTS 24 51 - Warrior Bands – JENS PETER SCHJØDT - Frigg – INGUNN ÁSDÍSARDÓTTIR - Roman Period Altars – RUDOLF SIMEK - Medieval Scandinavian Latin – Medieval Popular Sources 25 52 - Various Ways of Communicating – - Hœnir – JENS PETER SCHJØDT - Older Futhark and Anglo-Frisian Runic CARL PHELPSTEAD - Scandinavian Ballads – 53 JENS PETER SCHJØDT - Skaði – JOHN LINDOW Inscriptions – JOHN MCKINNELL - Saxo Grammaticus – MATS MALM VIBEKE A. PEDERSEN 26 54 Volume 1. Introductory and Sources - Magic and Religion – - Minor Gods and Goddesses – JOHN - Younger Futhark Runic Inscriptions – - Johannes and Olaus Magnus – - British Ballads and Popular Poetry – Preface – JENS PETER SCHJØDT, JOHN STEPHEN A. MITCHELL LINDOW AND JENS PETER SCHJØDT OLOF SUNDQVIST ELENA BALZAMO JOHN MCKINNELL 55 LINDOW, ANDERS ANDRÉN - 27 Ritual Space – TORUN ZACHRISSON - Divine Twins – ANDERS ANDRÉN - Other post-medieval Latin sources – - Scandinavian Folk Customs and Introduction – JENS PETER SCHJØDT, JOHN AND ANDERS ANDRÉN - 56 Sun and Moon – ANDERS ANDRÉN Sources by ‘Outsiders’ REGINA JUCKNIES Ceremonies – TERRY GUNNELL LINDOW, ANDERS ANDRÉN - 28 Ritual Time and Time Reckoning – - 57 Matronae – RUDOLF SIMEK - 1 Theoretical Considerations – ANDREAS NORDBERG - 58 Dísir – JOHN LINDOW - Greek – SABINE WALTHER Sources in Old Norse Bibliography 59 - Classical Latin – RUDOLF SIMEK JENS PETER SCHJØDT - 29 Cultic Leaders and Religious Specialists – - Norns – KAREN BEK-PEDERSEN - Eddic Verse – VÉSTEINN ÓLASON Index 60 - Arabic – ÞÓRIR JÓNSSON HRAUNDAL - 2 Memory, Oral Tradition, and Sources – OLOF SUNDQVIST - Valkyries – JUDY QUINN - Skaldic Verse – JUDITH JESCH 61 - Slavonic – VLADIMIR PETRUKHIN PERNILLE HERMANN - 30 Crisis Rituals – JENS PETER SCHJØDT - Giants – MARGARET CLUNIES ROSS - Skaldic Kennings – DIANA WHALEY 62 - Celtic – MATTHIAS EGELER - 3 Written Sources – JOHN LINDOW - 31 Cyclical Rituals – JENS PETER SCHJØDT - Dvergar (Dwarfs) – TERRY GUNNELL - Codes of Law and Legal Cases – 63 - 4 Language: Religious Vocabulary – - 32 Passage Rituals – JENS PETER SCHJØDT - Álfar (Elves) – TERRY GUNNELL STEPHEN MITCHELL JOHN LINDOW - 33 Death Ritual and Mortuary Behaviour – Finnic Sources - Historical Works about Iceland – - 5 Language: Placenames and Personal NEIL PRICE - The Finnic Peoples – FROG GÍSLI SIGURÐSSON Volume 4. The Christianization Process, Names – PER VIKSTRAND - 34 Worlds of the Dead – JOHN LINDOW - Finnish Sources – FROG - Snorra Edda – JUDY QUINN Bibliography, General Indices - 6 Archaeology – ANDERS ANDRÉN AND ANDERS ANDRÉN - Sámi Sources – TOM DUBOIS - Heimskringla – ALISON FINLAY 64 - 7 Images – ANDERS ANDRÉN - 35 Fate – JOHN LINDOW - The Christianization of Denmark – - Other Sagas of Kings – JOHN MCKINNELL - 8 Folklore – TERRY GUNNELL - 36 The Divine, the Human and In Between MICHAEL H. GELTING - Contemporary Sagas – ÚLFAR BRAGASON 65 Non-Scandinavian Germanic Sources - 9 The Spatial and Temporal Frame – – JOHN LINDOW AND JENS PETER - The Christianization of Norway – - Re-creations of pre-Christian Religion - Old English verse – DANIEL ANLEZARK ANDERS ANDRÉN SCHJØDT SÆBJØRG WALAKER NORDEIDE in Family Sagas and þættir – 66 - Old English prose – MARIA ELENA RUGGERINI - 10 The Linguistic Frame – JOHN LINDOW - The Christianization of the North MARGARET CLUNIES ROSS - Old and Middle German – RUDOLF SIMEK - 11 Continuity and Break: Indo-European – Atlantic – JÓN VIÐAR SIGURÐSSON - Re-creations of pre-Christian Religion in 67 - Medieval German Latin – RUDOLF SIMEK JENS PETER SCHJØDT Volume 3. Conceptual Frameworks: - The Christianization of Sweden – - Legendary Sagas – ÁRMANN JAKOBSSON - Medieval Anglo-Latin – MARIA ELENA RUGGERINI - 12 Continuity and Break: Germanic – Cosmos and Collective Supernatural BERTIL NILSSON - Guta saga – STEPHEN MITCHELL AND JOHN MCKINNELL JENS PETER SCHJØDT Beings, Gods and Goddesses - 68 Christianization of Finland – - 13 Encounters: Roman – RUDOLF SIMEK - 37 Cosmogony – MATHIAS NORDVIG TUOMAS HEIKKILÄ - 38 Cosmology – MATHIAS NORDVIG - 69 T he Christianization of the Sámi – - 14 Encounters: Celtic – MATTHIAS EGELER All prices exclude VAT & Shipping costs - 15 Encounters: Slavic – LESZEK P. SŁUPECKI - 39 Cosmic Eschatology: Ragnarøk – HÅKAN RYDVING - 16 Encounters: Baltic – THOMAS DUBOIS ANDERS HULTGÅRD - 17 Encounters: Sámi – THOMAS DUBOIS - 40 Vanir and Æsir – JOHN LINDOW Primary Sources For standing orders to this series, individual purchases or more information, contact: Orders North America: - 18 Encounters: Balto-Finnic – - 41 Þórr – JOHN LINDOW Secondary Sources THOMAS DUBOIS - 42 Óðinn – JENS PETER SCHJØDT General Indices ISD Tel. +1 860 584-6545 Begijnhof 67 – 2300 Turnhout – Belgium – Tel: + 32 14 44 80 20 – Fax: + 32 14 42 89 19 www.isdistribution.com – [email protected] [email protected] – www.brepols.net Please add 6.35% CT Sales Tax and $5.00 shipping and handling 84PD2654 e Pre-Christian Religions of the North e Pre-Christian Religions of the North RESEARCH AND RECEPTION RESEARCH AND RECEPTION Volume I: From the Middle Ages to c. 1830 Volume II: From c. 1830 to the Present Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross XXXIV + 637 P., 37 B/W ILL., 24 COL. 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