Written by distinguished scholars from multiple perspectives, this account widens the interpretative scope on religious life among the pre-Christian Scandinavian people. The religion of the Viking Age is conventionally identified through its mythology: the ambiguous character Odin, the forceful Thor, and the end of the world approaching in Ragnarök. However, pre-Christian religion consisted of so much more than mythic imagery and legends and has long lingered in folk tradition. Exploring the religion of the North through an interdisciplinary approach, the book sheds new light on a number of topics, including rituals, gender relations, social hierarchies, and interregional contacts between the Nordic tradition and the Sami and Finnish regions.

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 - The Study of Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions
CHAPTER 2 - Mythic Acts: Material Narratives of the Dead in Viking Age Scandinavia
CHAPTER 3 - The Merits and Limits of Comparative Philology
CHAPTER 4 - Diet and Deities
CHAPTER 5 - Fictive Rituals in Völuspá
CHAPTER 6 - Continuity, Change and Regional Variation in Old Norse Religion
CHAPTER 7 - Gender, Sexuality and the Supranormal
CHAPTER 8 - Literary Representation of Oral Religion
CHAPTER 9 - ‘Religious Ruler Ideology’ in Pre-Christian Scandinavia
CHAPTER 10 - Reflections on Aims and Methods in the Study of Old Norse Religion

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