More than Mythology: Narratives, Ritual Practices and Regional Distribution in Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions Book

1 The Study of Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions Trends and Perspectives Catharian Raudvere Jens Peter Schjødt 7

2 Mythic Acts: Material Narratives of the Dead in Viking Age Scandinavia Neil Price 13

3 The Merits and Limits of Comparative Philology Old Norse Religious Vocabulary in a Long-Term Perspective Peter Jackson 47

4 Diet and Deities: Contrastive Livelihoods and Animal Symbolism in Nordic Pre-Christian Religions Thomas A. DuBois 65

5 Fictive Rituals in Völuspá: Mythological Narration between Agency and Structure in the Representation of Reality Catharian Raudvere 97

6 Continuity, Change and Regional Variation in Old Norse Religion Andreas Nordberg 119

7 Gender, Sexuality and the Supranormal Finnish Oral-Traditional Sources Laura Stark 153

8 Literary Representation of Oral Religion: Organizing Principles in Mikael Agricola's List of Mythological Agents in Late Medieval Finland Veikko Anttonen 185

9 'Religious Ruler Ideology' in Pre-Christian Scandinavia A Contextual Approach Olof Sundqvist 225

10 Reflections on Aims and Methods in the Study of Old Norse Religion Jens Peter Schjødt 263