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    Old Norse religion, also known as Norse paganism, is a branch of Germanic religion which developed during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic...
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    Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing...
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    dialects: Old West Norse or Old West Nordic (often referred to as Old Norse), Old East Norse or Old East Nordic, and Old Gutnish. Old West Norse and Old East...
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    The Scandinavian clan or ætt/ätt (pronounced [ˈæːtː] in Old Norse) was a social group based on common descent, equivalent to a clan. In the absence of...
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  • modern pagan religion, typically used by those who hold to "folkish" or race-centric ideologies. Odinism may also refer to: Old Norse religion Odin (disambiguation)...
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    and the Blót in the Old Norse Sources and Ritual Depositions of Bones from Archaeological Sites". Myth, Materiality and Lived Religion: 303–328. Maraschi...
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    archaeology and from historical accounts such as the Icelandic sagas and Old Norse poetry. Throughout Scandinavia, there are many remaining tumuli in honour...
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  • Hilda Ellis Davidson (category Old Norse studies scholars)
    specialized in the interdisciplinary study of Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse religion and folklore, on which she was the author of numerous influential...
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    Heidnische Front' and Old Norse Religion". In Andrén, Anders; Jennbert, Kristina; Raudvere, Catharina (eds.). Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives:...
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    John Lindow (category Old Norse studies scholars)
    Professor Emeritus of Old Norse and Folklore at University of California, Berkeley. He is a well known authority on Old Norse religion and literature. John...
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    Rudolf Simek (category Old Norse studies scholars)
    notable works on Germanic religion and mythology (including Old Norse religion and mythology), Germanic peoples, Vikings, Old Norse literature, and the culture...
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    In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse: valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain') is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead...
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  • The Viking Way: Religion and War in Late Iron Age Scandinavia is an archaeological study of old Norse religion in Late Iron Age-Scandinavia. It was written...
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    folk religions, such as animism, Korean shamanism, African traditions like the San religion, Native American religions, and Old Norse religion, as well...
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    Vikings (redirect from Norse Vikings)
    Sweden. The Vikings spoke Old Norse and made inscriptions in runes. For most of the period, they followed the Old Norse religion, but later became Christians...
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  • ecclesiastic purposes, despite their traditional relation to the Old Norse religion. The runes underwent partial "latinization" in the Middle Ages, when...
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    temple is a temple building of Germanic religion. The term hof is taken from Old Norse. Etymologically, the Old Norse word hof is the same as the Afrikaans...
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    Seiðr (category Articles containing Old Norse-language text)
    both the telling and the shaping of the future. Connected to the Old Norse religion, its origins are largely unknown, and its practice gradually declined...
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    980, developed about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Old Sigtuna, which, according to Old Norse religion, was previously the home of the widely revered god...
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    Modern paganism Mos maiorum Old Norse religion Polytheistic reconstructionism Reconstructionist Roman religion Religion in ancient Rome Roman imperial...
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    beliefs and those found in Norse paganism, as well as between Germanic religion and reconstructed Indo-European religion and post-conversion folklore...
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    Norsemen (redirect from Norse Men)
    The Norsemen (or Norse people) were a North Germanic linguistic group of the Early Middle Ages, during which they spoke the Old Norse language. The language...
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  • Cimbri religion Continental Germanic paganism Frankish paganism Gothic paganism Old Norse religion Iberian religion Illyrian religion Iapydes religion Kushite...
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    Runic magic (redirect from Norse Astrology)
    named Rimbert. Rimbert details the custom of casting lots by the pagan Norse (chapters 26–30). The chips and the lots, however, can be explained respectively...
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    Jötunn (redirect from Norse giants)
    spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn /ˈjɔːtʊn/; or, in Old English, eoten - plural eotenas) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology...
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    World Tree: Man and Cosmos in Old Norse Mythic Poetry". In Andrén, Anders; Jennbert, Kristina; et al. (eds.). Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives:...
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    Ring (Old Norse: Sigurðr Hringr, in some sources merely called Hringr) according to legend was a king of the Swedes, being mentioned in many old Scandinavian...
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  • speakers of Old Norse from about the 9th to the 13th centuries. Norse may also refer to: Norse mythology Norse paganism Norse art Norse activity in the...
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    "The "Allgermanische Heidnische Front" and Old Norse Religion". In Andrén, Anders (ed.). Old Norse religion in long-term perspectives : origins, changes...
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    Rök runestone (category Old Norse poetry)
    2021 Andren, A. Jennbert, K. Raudvere, C. "Old Norse Religion: Some Problems and Prospects" in Old Norse Religion in Long Term Perspectives: Origins, Changes...
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