Cult sites in northern Sweden
The pagan cult in northern Sweden, i.e, Norrland, has for some decades been a neglected chapter in our history, a situation which unfortunately applies to Sweden as a whole, at least where onomastics are concerned. The aim is thus to deliver an overview of the evidence that we have of pre-Christian...
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ftaboakademiojs:oai:ojs.ojs.abo.fi:article/558 2023-11-12T04:23:21+01:00 Cult sites in northern Sweden Brink, Stefan 2014-03-04 application/pdf https://ojs.abo.fi/ojs/index.php/scripta/article/view/558 eng eng The Donner Institute https://ojs.abo.fi/ojs/index.php/scripta/article/view/558/1140 https://ojs.abo.fi/ojs/index.php/scripta/article/view/558 Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis; Vol 13 (1990): Old Norse and Finnish Religions and Cultic Place-Names; 458-489 2343-4937 0582-3226 Comparative Religion Religious Studies Cultural Studies Folkloristics Scandinavia Sweden Paganism Cults Names Geographical Linguistics Language -- Etymology info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2014 ftaboakademiojs 2023-10-27T13:20:05Z The pagan cult in northern Sweden, i.e, Norrland, has for some decades been a neglected chapter in our history, a situation which unfortunately applies to Sweden as a whole, at least where onomastics are concerned. The aim is thus to deliver an overview of the evidence that we have of pre-Christian religious activities in these northern parts — in this aspect, onomastic material is nearly almost all we have got — and some general remarks about the conversion to the new Christian religion. The area of investigation is what in the (Swedish) medieval period was known as Norrland. In other words, the part of Sweden considered here is modern Central Norrland. With our state of knowledge of today it is not so easy to pick out the place-names that have denoted some kind of pagan cult activity. The place-name material can be divided into: 1. Theoforic place-names 2. place-names denoting the site of a pagan cult, which do not however contain theoforic elements 3. place-names with a possible pagan cultic element. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Åbo Akademi: Open Journal Systems |
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The pagan cult in northern Sweden, i.e, Norrland, has for some decades been a neglected chapter in our history, a situation which unfortunately applies to Sweden as a whole, at least where onomastics are concerned. The aim is thus to deliver an overview of the evidence that we have of pre-Christian religious activities in these northern parts — in this aspect, onomastic material is nearly almost all we have got — and some general remarks about the conversion to the new Christian religion. The area of investigation is what in the (Swedish) medieval period was known as Norrland. In other words, the part of Sweden considered here is modern Central Norrland. With our state of knowledge of today it is not so easy to pick out the place-names that have denoted some kind of pagan cult activity. The place-name material can be divided into: 1. Theoforic place-names 2. place-names denoting the site of a pagan cult, which do not however contain theoforic elements 3. place-names with a possible pagan cultic element. |
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Cult sites in northern Sweden |
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Cult sites in northern Sweden |
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The Donner Institute |
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Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis; Vol 13 (1990): Old Norse and Finnish Religions and Cultic Place-Names; 458-489 2343-4937 0582-3226 |
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