Fragments of the past: how to study old Norse religion

The state of the sources of the Old Norse religions presents a great problem. Most of them were written down two hundred or even three hundred years after the Christianization of the North, based on an oral tradition going back to the pre-Christian ages. This situation has led to an intense discussi...

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Main Author: Britt-Mari Näsström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Donner Institute 1999-02-01
Series:Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67271