Þingeyrar Abbey in Northern Iceland: A Benedictine Powerhouse of Cultural Heritage

Autor: Gottskálk Jensson

Publikováno v: Religions, Vol 12, Iss 6, p 423 (2021)

Þingeyrar Abbey was founded in 1133 and dissolved in the wake of the Lutheran Reformation (1550), to virtually disappear with time from the face of the earth. Although highly promising archeological excavations are under way, our material points of

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Magical Music in Old Norse Literature

Autor: Britt-Mari Näsström

Publikováno v: Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, Vol 16 (1996)

No society ever existed without performing music, and most cultures display many variants of music. Music also played and still plays an important part in different religious rites. From the days of yore, music has been intimately connected with the

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The Necklace as a Divine Symbol and as a Sign of Dignity in the Old Norse Conception

Autor: Marianne Görman

Publikováno v: Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, Vol 16, Pp 111-150 (1996)
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, Vol 16 (1996)
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis

Neck-rings are frequent in finds from the Early Bronze Age, ca. 1000-550 B.C. Far later necklaces are mentioned in the Old Icelandic literature. For instance, thegoddess Freyja was the owner of the Brisingamen necklace, according to Snorri Sturluson

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Scandinavian belief in fate

Autor: Åke V. Ström

Publikováno v: Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, Vol 2 (1967)
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, Vol 2, Pp 63-88 (1967)

In point of principle, Christianity does not give room for any belief in fate. Astrology, horoscopes, divination, etc., are strictly rejected. Belief in fate never disappeared in Christian countries, nor did it in Scandinavia in Christian times. Espe

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https://doi.org/10.30674/scripta.67008