Detalhes do Livro
Formato
Capa dura
Páginas
128
Idioma
Alemão
Publicado
Jan 1, 1986
Editora
Luzern Herrsching Atlantis Verlag
ISBN-10
3761106874
ISBN-13
9783761106877
Descrição
Echoes of the Ancient World Series
Contents:
Preface
The land of Thule: pre-Viking Scandinavia
The dragon ships: the great age of Viking expansion
Hammer and cross: the coming of the new religion
The great void: creation and doom in the Viking cosmology
Odin, the all-father: lord of the gallows and lord of the slain
Storm and harvest: Thor, Frey, Freyja: gods of the earth and sky
Loki and Baldur: the father of lies and the shining god
Choosers of the slain: Valkyries and the spirits of the otherworld
The way to Hel: death and its after-life
Sacred stones: Norsemen at worship
The heroic ethic: the legend of Sigurd and the code of the warrior.
Contents:
Preface
The land of Thule: pre-Viking Scandinavia
The dragon ships: the great age of Viking expansion
Hammer and cross: the coming of the new religion
The great void: creation and doom in the Viking cosmology
Odin, the all-father: lord of the gallows and lord of the slain
Storm and harvest: Thor, Frey, Freyja: gods of the earth and sky
Loki and Baldur: the father of lies and the shining god
Choosers of the slain: Valkyries and the spirits of the otherworld
The way to Hel: death and its after-life
Sacred stones: Norsemen at worship
The heroic ethic: the legend of Sigurd and the code of the warrior.