Sökning: "Viking Age religion"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 uppsatser innehållade orden Viking Age religion.

  1. 1. Runstenen och skeppet : Platser med runsten och skeppssättning i Södermanland under sen vikingatid

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Magdalena Svensson-Frey; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Runestone; Stone Ship; Södermanland; Late Viking Age; Cognitive Archeology; Runsten; skeppssättning; Södermanland; sen vikingatid; kognitiv arkeologi;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to get more knolwledge on a detailed level about places with runestones in close connection with a stone ship in the province of Södermanland. The knowledge touches upon questions how these places were created but also questions about why they were created through the theoretical perspective of cognitive archeology. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Religious Identities in Viking Age Britain: Pagan Imagery in a Colonial Context

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Margaret Lucille Muth; [2020]
    Nyckelord :archaeology; colonial identity; iconography; imagery; Norse mythology; preChristian religions; religion; stone monuments; Viking Age Britain; History and Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : When the Vikings settled the British Isles between the 8th and 11th centuries, they left behind numerous stone monuments in their wake. These monuments, many of which are stone crosses, utilize a combination of Christian and pagan imagery, and are found heavily in Christian contexts. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Föremål och folktro i vikingatiden : Diskussion om dubbelgraven i Klinta, Köpings socken, Öland.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Madeleine Grahn; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Klinta; Öland; Iron age; Viking age; Religion; Folklore; Artefacts.; Klinta; Öland; Järnålder; Vikingatiden; Religion; Folktro; Artefakter.;

    Sammanfattning : An iron age double grave containing a man and a woman has been found in Klinta, Köpings Parish, Öland, Sweden. Archaeologist have debated this grave and have begun to interpret the woman as a völva. The most famous artefact was found in the womans grave. It was an iron staff, Klintastaven. LÄS MER

  4. 4. En nyansering av amulettringarnas sociala funktion under vendeltid och vikingatid

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Linnéa Törnros; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Amulet rings; religion; Viking age; Vendel period; micro context; type; interpret;

    Sammanfattning : Since the 19th century archaeologists have found different types om amulet rings on various dig sites around Scandinavia with the biggest concentration in the Mälardal area. It is an object connect to old Viking age and Vendel period societies found from time to time during archaeological excavations. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Gåtan om halsbanden. : En studie om kvinnor och religion i den vikingatida staden Birka.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Ronja Samuelsson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Birka; gravar; halsband; amulett; völvor; religion; agens;

    Sammanfattning : This study concerns three necklaces, found in three women’s graves in the Viking age city Birka, placed on the island Björkö in the lake Mälaren. The necklaces are well ornate with pearls of carnelian, rock crystal, glass and amber, as well as silver pendants in the shape of for example animals, chairs and crosses. LÄS MER