The Stag and Unicorn: A Marriage of Pagan and Christian Imagery on a Tenth Century Transenna
The Stag and Unicorn: A Marriage of Pagan and Christian Imagery on a Tenth Century Transenna McCombe, Robin Southern Conneticut State University, Published…
Pagan Nostalgia and Anti-Clerical Hostility in Medieval Irish Literature
Pagan Nostalgia and Anti-Clerical Hostility in Medieval Irish Literature Turner, Kerry Lynn MA Thesis, Youngstown State University, 2001 Abstract The work examines the pagan…
The Pagan Great Midwinter Sacrifice and the ‘royal’ mounds at Old Uppsala
The Pagan Great Midwinter Sacrifice and the ‘royal’ mounds at Old Uppsala Calendars, Symbols, and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture; Proceedings of the…
The Pagan Influences on Christian Art in Ireland
The Pagan Influences on Christian Art in Ireland By Caitlin Hutchinson Meeting of the Minds: Journal of Undergraduate Research, Vol.18 (2010) Introduction: The…
Witchcraft and Women in Medieval Christianity
Witches and vampires draw much attention on Halloween day, in the Harry Potter novels, and in vampire movies. Whether or not they believe in them in a religious sense, many people nowadays simply assume that sort of world and witchcraft might exist somewhere
Thor’s hammer in Norway. A symbol of reaction against the Christian cross?
In my main project, I will try to trace the chronology of the conversion to Christianity of people in southern Norway on the basis of different types of archaeological material. The Thor’s hammer is an interesting type of object in this context, because it has normally been interpreted as a reaction against the Christian cross.
Human sacrifice in medieval Irish literature
In this survey, early Irish examples of human sacrifice are classified in four types.
Power and Conversion – a Comparative Study of Christianization in Scandinavia
This book examines the Christianization of Scandinavia with the help of comparative material from Anglo-Saxon England, Old Frisia and Old Saxony.
Pagans and Christians at the frontier: Viking burial in the Danelaw
The rapid conversion of Scandinavian settlers, so we are led to believe, demonstrates the weakness of their own pagan religions in the face of an all-embracing Christianity, and provides another example of their eagerness to become assimilated.
Christianization of Norway
How long did the old Norse religion persist after Christianity was imposed?