Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion
Language: English
Published by Stockholm University Press, 2019
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- Title
- Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion
- Author
- Wikström Af Edholm, Klas
- Publisher
- Stockholm University Press
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9176350991
- ISBN 13
- 9789176350997
- Item weight
- 513 grams
The authors of the present volume, Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion, focus on the material dimension of Old Norse mythology and the role played by myths in everyday life. More broadly expressed, the collection looks at the social, ceremonial and material contexts of myths. This topic has been underexplored in previous research on Old Norse myths, despite its important theoretical implications. However, discussions around materiality, in a more general sense, have for a long time been signifi cant for historians of religion, especially archaeologists. Myth, Materiality, and Lived Religion seeks to make the case for the relevance of materiality to literary historians and philologists as well.
Questions relating to the theme of materiality and lived religion are posed in this book, including:
- What do myths tell us about the material culture of the periods in which they were narrated?
- What role did myths or mythical beings play in connection to, for instance, illnesses and remedies during the Viking Period and the Middle Ages?
- How did ordinary people experience participation in a more formal sacrifi cial feast led by ritual specialists?
The editors of this book are all associated with the Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Genders Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden.
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About the Author
Peter Jackson Rova is Professor of the History of Religions at Stockholm University. Among his recent publications are the two edited volumes Transforming Warriors: The ritual Organization of Military Force (with Peter Haldén) (Routledge 2016) and Philosophy and the End of Sacrifice: Disengaging Ritual in Ancient India, Greece and Beyond (with Anna-Pya Sjödin) (Equinox 2016). ORCID: https: //orcid.org/0000-0002-0742-6640
Andreas Nordberg is Associate Professor of History of Religions at Stockholm University, and archaeologist. His research focuses on religion in ancient Scandinavia. ORCID: https: //orcid.org/0000-0001-8583-1505
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