Myths of the pagan north
Subtitle: the gods of the Norsemen
By: Christopher Abram
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781847252470
Subjects: Norse Mythology; Norse Gods; Paganism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.
Table of contents: title: The sources of Norse mythology; title: The gods on the ground: religious culture as a background to pagan myth; title: Myths in the Viking Age: Norway, Iceland, and beyond, c. 850-950; title: The twilight of the gods: the age of religious conflict in Norway, c.950-1000; title: Pagan myths under conversion: Norway and Iceland, c. 980-1000; title: The rebirth of Norse mythology: Denmark and Iceland, c. 1150-1350.