Magic, sorcery and witchcraft are among the most common themesof the great medieval Icelandic sagas and poems, the problematicyet vital sources that provide our primary textual evidence forthe Viking Age that they claim to describe. Yet despite theconsistency of this picture, surprisingly little archaeologicalor historical research has been done to explore what this mayreally have meant to the men and women of the time. This bookexamines the evidence for Old Norse sorcery, looking at itsmeaning and function, practice and practitioners, and thecomplicated constructions of gender and sexual identity withwhich these were underpinned. Combining strong elements oferoticism and aggression, sorcery appears as a fundamental domainof women's power, linking them with the gods, the dead and thefuture. Their battle spells and combat rituals complement themen's physical acts of fighting, in a supernatural empowerment ofthe Viking way of life. What emerges is a fundamentally new imageof the world in which the Vikings understood themselves to move,in which magic and its implications permeated every aspect of asociety permanently geared for war. In this fully-revised andexpanded second edition, Neil Price takes us with him on a tourthrough the sights and sounds of this undiscovered country,meeting its human and otherworldly inhabitants, including the Sámi with whom the Norse partly shared this mental landscape. On the way we explore Viking notions of the mind and soul, thefluidity of the boundaries that they drew between humans andanimals, and the immense variety of their spiritual beliefs. We find magic in the Vikings' bedrooms and on their battlefields,and we meet the sorcerers themselves through their remarkableburials and the tools of their trade. Combining archaeology,history and literary scholarship with extensive studies ofGermanic and circumpolar religion, this multi-award-winning bookshows us the Vikings as we have never seen them before.
Handlekurven din
Alle bestillinger vil bli brukt
USD.
Innholdet i din nåværende handlekurv vises
CYN,
Du vil bruke
USD
Beregnet med siste valutakurs.
utsolgt
Noen produkter er ikke lenger tilgjengelige. Handlekurven din er oppdatert.
Har du en rabattkode?
tupp
Fraktforsikring
Delsum
Rabatt
Denne rabattkoden kan ikke brukes i forbindelse med andre kampanjer eller rabatttilbud.
total
Beregn avgifter og fraktkostnader ved betaling.
Kommentar