The Wagon, The Phallus and The Conical Hat: Origins and Features of Freyr's Cult in Heathen-Age Iceland
This essay aims to examine the features, social demographics and origins of Freyr worship in Heathen-Age Iceland to ascertain to what extent it bears the marks of a Scandinavian Vanir cult, separate from the Icelandic cult of the Æsir (namely, that of Þórr). For this purpose, accounts from saga lite...
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| author | Aðalheiður Eyvör Pálsdóttir 1994- |
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| author_facet | Aðalheiður Eyvör Pálsdóttir 1994- |
| author_sort | Aðalheiður Eyvör Pálsdóttir 1994- |
| collection | Skemman (Iceland) |
| description | This essay aims to examine the features, social demographics and origins of Freyr worship in Heathen-Age Iceland to ascertain to what extent it bears the marks of a Scandinavian Vanir cult, separate from the Icelandic cult of the Æsir (namely, that of Þórr). For this purpose, accounts from saga literature and Landnámabók will be analysed with reference to mythological sources on the Vanir. An attempt will then be made to identify the geographical origins of the Icelandic cult, through analysis of personal names and genealogies. |
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| spelling | ftskemman:oai:skemman.is:1946/26757 2025-01-16T22:32:20+00:00 The Wagon, The Phallus and The Conical Hat: Origins and Features of Freyr's Cult in Heathen-Age Iceland Aðalheiður Eyvör Pálsdóttir 1994- Háskóli Íslands 2017-01 application/pdf image/jpeg http://hdl.handle.net/1946/26757 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1946/26757 Þjóðfræði Norræn goðafræði Ásatrú Thesis Bachelor's 2017 ftskemman 2022-12-11T06:57:59Z This essay aims to examine the features, social demographics and origins of Freyr worship in Heathen-Age Iceland to ascertain to what extent it bears the marks of a Scandinavian Vanir cult, separate from the Icelandic cult of the Æsir (namely, that of Þórr). For this purpose, accounts from saga literature and Landnámabók will be analysed with reference to mythological sources on the Vanir. An attempt will then be made to identify the geographical origins of the Icelandic cult, through analysis of personal names and genealogies. Thesis Iceland Skemman (Iceland) |
| spellingShingle | Þjóðfræði Norræn goðafræði Ásatrú Aðalheiður Eyvör Pálsdóttir 1994- The Wagon, The Phallus and The Conical Hat: Origins and Features of Freyr's Cult in Heathen-Age Iceland |
| title | The Wagon, The Phallus and The Conical Hat: Origins and Features of Freyr's Cult in Heathen-Age Iceland |
| title_full | The Wagon, The Phallus and The Conical Hat: Origins and Features of Freyr's Cult in Heathen-Age Iceland |
| title_fullStr | The Wagon, The Phallus and The Conical Hat: Origins and Features of Freyr's Cult in Heathen-Age Iceland |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Wagon, The Phallus and The Conical Hat: Origins and Features of Freyr's Cult in Heathen-Age Iceland |
| title_short | The Wagon, The Phallus and The Conical Hat: Origins and Features of Freyr's Cult in Heathen-Age Iceland |
| title_sort | wagon, the phallus and the conical hat: origins and features of freyr's cult in heathen-age iceland |
| topic | Þjóðfræði Norræn goðafræði Ásatrú |
| topic_facet | Þjóðfræði Norræn goðafræði Ásatrú |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1946/26757 |