Sjiele sacrifices, Odin treasures and Saami graves?

This paper presents archaeological findings described as Saami metal deposits. These well-known "Finds from Lapp Places of Sacrifice", objects from the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages, were mostly found in northern Sweden. The author also presents a research project dealing with prehistor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zachrisson, Inger
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Donner Institute 2014
Subjects:
Comparative Religion
Religious Studies
Cultural Studies
Folkloristics
Sami (European people) > Religion
Scandinavia
Sacrifice
Norse religion
Archaeology
Burial
Middle Ages
Gods and goddesses
Norse
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Northern Sweden
saami
sami
Online Access:https://ojs.abo.fi/ojs/index.php/scripta/article/view/565
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Summary:This paper presents archaeological findings described as Saami metal deposits. These well-known "Finds from Lapp Places of Sacrifice", objects from the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages, were mostly found in northern Sweden. The author also presents a research project dealing with prehistoric and medieval Saami graves from the south Saami area.

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