ISBN: 9789172094505 - fire, water, heaven and earth: ritual practice and cosmology in ancient scandinavia - an indo-european perspective (1 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 216 pp., illustrations, bibliography. pencil underlining & pencil marginal notes on some pages. "Archaeological excavations of prehistoric Scandinavian graves and ritual sites often reveal seemingly enigmatic and contradictory features. Interpretation from a comparative Indo-European perspective allows a partly new approach to material which at first sight seems fragmentary and anonymous. The interpretations in this book proceed from cosmological beliefs occurring in various Indo-European traditions. The author discusses mortuary practices and votive customs in ancient Scandinavian tradition in a long-term perspective, with a comparative Indo-European approach.".…