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Routledge Research in Medieval Studies- How Thor Lost His Thunder The Changing Faces of an Old Norse God

Name: Routledge Research in Medieval Studies- How Thor Lost His Thunder
Author: Declan Taggart

Auteur: Declan Taggart

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Declan Taggart

Engels
Paperback
9780367889029
12 december 2019
214 pagina's

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How Thor Lost his Thunder is the first major English-language study of early medieval evidence for the Old Norse god, Thor. In this book, the most common modern representations of Thor are examined and the cultural history of Thor’s cult and mythology is explored. It is ideal for scholars and students of mythology, history and medieval

How Thor Lost his Thunder is the first major English-language study of early medieval evidence for the Old Norse god, Thor. In this book, the most common modern representations of Thor are examined, such as images of him wreathed in lightning, and battling against monsters and giants. The origins of these images within Iron Age and early medieval evidence are then uncovered and investigated. In doing so, the common cultural history of Thor’s cult and mythology is explored and some of his lesser known traits are revealed, including a possible connection to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Iceland.

This geographically and chronologically far-reaching study considers the earliest sources in which Thor appears, including in evidence from the Viking colonies of the British Isles and in Scandinavian folklore. Through tracing the changes and variety that has occurred in Old Norse mythology over time, this book provokes a questioning of the fundamental popular and scholarly beliefs about Thor for the first time since the Victorian era, including whether he really was a thunder god and whether worshippers truly believed they would encounter him in the afterlife.

Considering evidence from across northern Europe, How Thor Lost his Thunder challenges modern scholarship’s understanding of the god and of the northern pantheon as a whole and is ideal for scholars and students of mythology, and the history and religion of medieval Scandinavia.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 december 2019
Aantal pagina's: 214
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Hoofdauteur: Declan Taggart
Hoofduitgeverij: Routledge

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Product breedte: 156 mm
Product lengte: 234 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 156 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 234 mm
Verpakking lengte: 234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 362 g

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EAN: 9780367889029

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Categorieën: Religie, Spiritualiteit & Filosofie

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Religie

Europa

Oude religies & Mythologieen

Overige religies

Noorse religie & Mythologie

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Taal: Engels
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Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar
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