The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature |
Contents
THE EVIDENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY | 7 |
The disposal of the dead in heathen times p 7 The funeral | 16 |
THE EVIDENCE OF LITERATURE | 30 |
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The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson No preview available - 1968 |
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Æsir Almgren animal Ásmundr Balder battle belief body Bronze Age Brynhildr burial mound buried burning century ceremony chapter Christian conception connected corpse cremation cult custom dead death dísir draugr earth Edda poems Egils Saga elves evidence example Eyrbyggja Saga fire Flateyjarbók Fornaldar Sögur Freyja Freyr funeral fylgja Geirröðr give given gods grave grave-goods grave-mound Grímnismál guardian Guðmundr Hadingus hall hamingja Harald heathen Helgi Hermóðr hero Hervör horse Ibid Iceland idea inhumation Íslendinga Sögur Jarl journey king laid land Landnámabók Laxdæla Saga Lindqvist living Norse literature Norway noticed Olaf Ólafs Saga Oseberg Othin passage possessions practice prose pyre realm rebirth sacrifice Saga Tryggvasonar Saxo Scandinavia seems ship ship-burial ship-funeral Sigurðr sitting Skírnir slain Snorri soul spirit story suggests supernatural suttee Svipdagr Sweden tells told tradition treasure underworld Valhöll Valkyrie verse Viking Age Völuspá völva warriors woman women worship Ynglinga Saga Þórólfr Þorsteinn