Genealogy as a Method to Legitimise Rulership in Some Balkan and Scandinavian Sources

This paper will focus on several sources from Scandinavia and the Balkans, and compare the types of genealogies portrayed in them – descent from gods, descent from another kind of supernatural being, descent from a legendary hero. The paper will examine the types of genealogies and the purpose they...

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Main Author: Vesela Stankova
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Lodz University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Studia Ceranea
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/sceranea/article/view/8958