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The "Viking Age" of medieval Scandinavia, with its heathen religion and heroic literature, continues to fascinate readers, writers, students, scholars, poets, artists, and creators of all kinds around the world. This cultural legacy is preserved in Old Norse literature, much of it composed and produced in Iceland, an island with a unique position in relation to the ebb and flow of religions, institutions, and empires. The chapters in this book examine many topics in Old Norse literature: the mysterious personas of the god Odin, the strange origins of poetry and scholarship, the cryptic lore of the elusive dwarfs, the fame of the dragon-slayer Sigurd and the defiant "Sworn Brothers", the early settlement of Iceland, trade in the medieval north, and the history of literary production. Several contributors upend traditional interpretations of their topics, while others offer new insights into the rich modern artistic reception of Norse myth. These studies reveal the striking resilience and adaptability of Old Norse narrative traditions, which retain their timeless appeal through a startling variety of contexts and changes in form.
Old Norse literature --- History and criticism. --- Iceland. --- Norse myth. --- Odin. --- Old Norse literature. --- Old Norse texts. --- Sworn Brothers. --- Viking Age. --- artistic reception. --- cultural legacy. --- dragon-slayer Sigurd. --- dwarfs. --- heathen religion. --- heroic literature. --- literary production. --- medieval Scandinavia. --- narrative traditions. --- poetry. --- settlement of Iceland. --- trade in the medieval north. --- Mythology, Norse, in literature. --- Mythology, Norse --- Influence. --- Themes, motives.
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This book provides a much-needed thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism, the religion of the majority of people in India. Dr. Flood traces the development of Hindu traditions from ancient origins and the major deities to the modern world. Hinduism as both a global religion and a form of nationalism are discussed. Emphasis is given to the tantric traditions, which have been so influential; to Hindu ritual, more fundamental than belief or doctrine; and to Dravidian influences. It introduces some debates within contemporary scholarship.
294.5 --- 294.5 Hindoeïsme--(in strikte zin) --- 294.5 Hindoeïsme:--verder in te delen zoals 291.1/.8 --- Hindoeïsme--(in strikte zin) --- Hindoeïsme:--verder in te delen zoals 291.1/.8 --- Dharma --- Hinduism. --- Hinduism --- Religions --- Brahmanism --- Tantrism --- Religious life --- Hindouisme --- Tantrisme --- Vie religieuse --- History --- Rituals --- Histoire --- Rituel --- yoga --- narrative traditions --- Vaisnavism --- Visnu --- Saiva --- tantric religion --- the Goddess --- Saktra traditions --- Hindu rituals --- Hindu theology --- Hindu philosophy
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