Christian Carlsen: Visions of the Afterlife in Old Norse Literature
In a much-anthologized story from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica, a pagan counselor of King Edwin compares earthly life to a sparrow flying through the hall, illuminated "for the briefest of moments" by the comfortable fires burning within, passing "out of the stormy winter and in...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4a7ead52d48b4328bc1a02423d9027d6 2023-05-15T16:49:23+02:00 Christian Carlsen: Visions of the Afterlife in Old Norse Literature Siân Grønlie 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/4a7ead52d48b4328bc1a02423d9027d6 EN NO SV eng nor swe Novus http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/CM/article/view/1371 https://doaj.org/toc/0801-9282 https://doaj.org/toc/2387-6700 0801-9282 2387-6700 https://doaj.org/article/4a7ead52d48b4328bc1a02423d9027d6 Collegium Medievale, Vol 29 (2017) Modern history 1453- D204-475 Medieval history D111-203 article 2017 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T03:54:58Z In a much-anthologized story from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica, a pagan counselor of King Edwin compares earthly life to a sparrow flying through the hall, illuminated "for the briefest of moments" by the comfortable fires burning within, passing "out of the stormy winter and into it again". If Christianity, he concludes, "brings us more certain information", it is appropriate and right to accept it (II.13). A clearer conception of where one goes after death is posited as the single most significant attraction of the new Christian faith. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that the core element of lay belief in Norway and Iceland, according to Nedkvitne, was "doctrines about eternal life and salvation" (p. 310). In this book, Carlsen takes a look at some of the narratives generated by these core Christian beliefs: visions of the afterlife in Old Norse literature. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway |
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In a much-anthologized story from Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica, a pagan counselor of King Edwin compares earthly life to a sparrow flying through the hall, illuminated "for the briefest of moments" by the comfortable fires burning within, passing "out of the stormy winter and into it again". If Christianity, he concludes, "brings us more certain information", it is appropriate and right to accept it (II.13). A clearer conception of where one goes after death is posited as the single most significant attraction of the new Christian faith. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that the core element of lay belief in Norway and Iceland, according to Nedkvitne, was "doctrines about eternal life and salvation" (p. 310). In this book, Carlsen takes a look at some of the narratives generated by these core Christian beliefs: visions of the afterlife in Old Norse literature. |
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