RT Article
T1 ‘The flowing-haired friend of the fire of altars’
JF Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
VO 74
SP 459
OP 468
A1 Ross, Margaret Clunies 1942-
LA English
PB Univ.
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1802499296
AB ABSTRACT: There are very few sources, other than material remains and spatial arrangements revealed by archaeological excavation, that can give modern researchers access to the thought-world of pre-Christian Scandinavian religion. Some skaldic poetry presumed to have been composed before the Conversion may offer a window onto this thought-world. This article investigates how a single kenning from a stanza composed by the tenth-century Icelander Egill Skallagrímsson conceptualised the relationship between the dominant Viking-Age deity Óðinn and the conduct of religious ritual.
AB RESUME: Der findes meget få kilder, bortset fra materiel kultur og spatiale organiseringer afdækket gennem arkæologiske udgravning, der kan give moderne forskere adgang til førkristen nordisk religions tankeverden. Nogle skjaldedigte, som antages at være komponeret før konverteringen til Kristendom, kan give et indblik i denne tankeverden. Denne artikel undersøger hvordan en enkelt kenning fra en strofe komponeret af islændingen Egill Skallagrímsson i det tiende århundrede konceptualiserer forholdet mellem den dominerende vikingetidsguddom, Óðinn, og udførelsen af religiøse ritualer
K1 Pre-Christian Nordic religion
K1 Scandinavia
K1 Archaeology
K1 Ritual
K1 skaldic poetry
K1 Óðinn
DO 10.7146/rt.v74i.132115