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The Application of Peircean Semiotics to the Elder Futhark Tradition - Establishing Parameters of Magical Communication

English · Hardback

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This work addresses the issue of magical communication found in the Elder Futhark runic inscriptions. It examines the Kragehul Spear Shaft (DR 196), Björketorp runestone (DR 360), the Horn(s) of Gallehus (DR 12), Gummarp runestone (DR 358), Lindholm amulet (DR 261), Straum whetstone (KJ 50), Ribe skull fragment (DR EM85; 151B), the Noleby runestone (KJ 67), and the Eggja runestone (N KJ 101). It seeks magical communication which may putatively be encompassed by the law of magical semiosis.
By setting objective parameters for measuring this law of magical communication, it can be determined whether or not a particular inscription should be understood as magical or non-magical specific to the Umwelt and Weltanschauung of the Runemaster. Essentially, this work is meant to challenge runologists in postulating falsifiable criteria so that magical communication in the world of the Runemaster can be discussed in an academic setting.
The work begins by discussing how Charles Sanders Peirce can help provide a basic framework regarding the sign. His phenomenological framework is applied to the world of the Runemaster. The next section then addresses the problem with the word "magic," which goes far beyond the concept of "if it does not make sense, it must be magical." It then leads to a discussion of runes and numinous qualities and finally to a corpus chapter which applies the theories and methods the author has adopted.

List of contents

List of Tables - List of Diagrams - List of Photos - Acknowledgments - Applying Peircean Semiotics to the Elder Futhark Tradition - Peirce and the Semiotic Whole - What Is Magical Communication? - Runes and Numinous Qualities - Elder Futhark Analyses - Conclusion - Index.

About the author










Scott Shell received his PhD in Germanic linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2020. His research has been dedicated to historical linguistics, semiotics, and runology since 2014. He is currently an independent scholar.

Product details

Authors Scott Shell
Assisted by Irmengard Rauch (Editor)
Publisher Peter Lang
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.07.2022
 
EAN 9781433189555
ISBN 978-1-4331-8955-5
No. of pages 196
Dimensions 150 mm x 15 mm x 225 mm
Weight 384 g
Illustrations 45 Abb.
Series Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies

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