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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 (Old West Nordic, often referred to as Old Norse), Old East Norse (Old East Nordic), and Old Gutnish. Old West Norse and Old East...
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    and Old Norse religion such as notations of time and space, cosmogony, personifications, anthropogeny, and eschatology. Like other aspects of Norse mythology...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (/ˈvælkɪri/ VAL-kirr-ee or /vælˈkɪəri/ val-KEER-ee; from Old Norse: valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain') is one of a host...
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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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    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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    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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    Búri (category Pages with Old Norse IPA)
    gods. An early ancestor of the Æsir gods, the principal pantheon in Old Norse religion. Búri was licked free from salty rime stones by the primeval cow Auðumbla...
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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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    Jötunn (redirect from Norse giants)
    scholarly spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn /ˈjɔːtʊn/; or, in Old English, eoten, plural eotenas) is a type of being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, they...
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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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  • Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (category Old Norse studies scholars)
    University of Iceland and published extensively, particularly on Old Norse religion. Jón Hnefill was born in Hrafnkelsdalur in East Iceland, where his...
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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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    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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    Eitri (category Pages with Old Norse IPA)
    In the Old Norse religion, Eitri (Old Norse: [ˈɛitre]; or Sindri) is a dwarf and the brother of Brokkr. According to Skáldskaparmál, when Loki had Sif's...
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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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  • 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 Dutch and...
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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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    Modern paganism Mos maiorum Old Norse religion Polytheistic reconstructionism Reconstructionist Roman religion Religion in ancient Rome Roman imperial...
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    and Gods". In Andrén, Anders; Jennbert, Kristina; et al. (eds.). Old Norse Religion in Long-Term perspectives: Origins, Changes, and Interactions. Lund:...
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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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    Magnus Olsen (category Old Norse studies scholars)
    runology and Old Norse toponymy. Olsen was particularly interested in using evidence from runes and toponymy for the study of Old Norse religion. Olsen published...
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  • paganism Old Norse religion Iberian religion Illyrian religion Iapydes religion Kushite religion Ligurian religion Lusitanian religion Lydian religion Nuragic...
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