Sökning: "Valkyries"
Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade ordet Valkyries.
1. We Are Very Similar, yet We Are Very Different: J.R.R Tolkien´s Éowyn of Rohan´s Vergilian Origins and Her Search for Meaning
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerSammanfattning : Abstract: Through the years, many characters in The Lord of the Rings have been analysed in different ways. Éowyn is no exception. Her character has often been associated with the shield-maidens and Valkyries existing in Nordic Germanic and Anglo-Saxon literatures. This essay, however, breaks with this tradition. LÄS MER
2. Valkyrior och sköldmöer : Kön och genus i fornnordisk mytologi
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV); Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för didaktik och lärares praktik (DLP)Sammanfattning : Abstrakt This essay is about how I investigated the valkyries and shieldmaidens gender in Old Norse mythology. The starting point of investigating valkyries, from a gender perspective, lies within that "gender", socially, can be reconstructed from societies ideologies and norms, referring to present time discussions. LÄS MER
3. Mer än valkyrior : En omtolkning av vikingatidens feminina figuriner
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : Figurines with a human shape have been created in almost every culture all throughout human history. In this thesis one such group of figurines is under investigation, Viking age female figurines. These figurines are most often interpreted as representations of the Valkyries – shieldmaidens of the god Odin – or as the goddess Fröja. LÄS MER
4. Valkyriornas identitetskris : Hårbyfigurinen och (om)tolkandet av genusambivalenta föremål
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : In the year of 2012 a unique three dimensional figurine was found in Hårby, Denmark depicting what seems to be a woman holding a sword and a shield. Immediately it was defined as a Valkyrie, a female servant of the Viking god Odin. LÄS MER