Ancestor Worship and the Elite in Late Iron Age Scandinavia - A Grave Matter

Summary

Ancestor worship is often assumed by contemporary European audiences to be an outdated and primitive tradition with little relevance to our societies, past and present. This book questions that assumption and seeks to determine whether ancestor ideology was an integral part of religion in Viking age and early medieval Scandinavia.

Product details

• Authors: Triin Laidoner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.02.2020
• EAN: 9780367000639
• ISBN: 978-0-367-00063-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / General, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Norse religion & mythology, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, History and Archaeology, Norse religion and mythology