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Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
Holy places | 13 |
Feasting and sacrifice | 36 |
The rites of battle | 69 |
Landspirits and ancestors | 102 |
Foreknowledge and destiny | 134 |
The Other World | 167 |
The ruling powers | 196 |
Conclusion | 217 |
References | 229 |
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ancient Anglo-Saxon animals appear associated battle birds boar Bricriu burial mound carved cauldron Celtic Celts Celts and Germans centre Christian Chulainn Cross and Slover Cu Chulainn cult Dagda Davidson dead death deities Denmark described divine dream drink druids earlier early earth Edda evidence feast fertility figures Fomorians Freyja Freyr Gaul giants goddesses gods graves Gundestrup Cauldron hall head hero holy places horns horse Iceland Irish killed king land land-spirits literature living Loki luck Mabinogion myths Njord Norse Norway O'Rahilly Odin offerings Olaf period pillars poem poet pre-Christian Prose Edda Ragnarok ravens realm recognised reference religious represented Rev Celt ritual Roman sacred sacrifice Saga sanctuary Scandinavian seems seeress ship Snorri sometimes spear spirits stone suggested supernatural world Sutton Hoo Sweden sword symbol Tacitus tale temple Thor tradition trans tree valkyries Vanir Vgluspd victims Viking Age warriors woman women Ynglinga Saga
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions |
| Auteur | Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson |
| Éditeur | Manchester University Press, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0719025796, 9780719025792 |
| Longueur | 268 pages |
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