Animals and Humans: Recurrent Symbiosis in Archaeology and Old Norse Religion: 14 (Vägar till Midgård) - Hardcover

Jennbert, Kristina

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ISBN 10: 918550937X ISBN 13: 9789185509379

Verlag: Nordic Academic Press, 2011

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Animals have always been an important part of the human life-world, and they stand out as significant forces in the Old Norse mythology -- here they became imaginary creatures with strong characters. In Animals and Humans archaeologist Kristina Jennbert explores the relationship between animals and humans in Scandinavia from the Roman Iron Age to the Viking Period. Real animals and fantastical creatures in Midgard became mouthpieces for human characteristics and reflections of peoples social position. Animals were of great importance in everyday life and in rituals, and as metaphors in social identity and power relations. In the course of time, however, the human view has changed, and nature has increasingly been subjected to humans. Through her detailed analysis, Jennbert raises questions about the boundary between human and animal, as well as about our ethical and moral precedence.

Biografía del autor:

Kristina Jennbert is a researcher and Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University, Sweden. She lectures in archaeology and specialises in the Neolithic period, Bronze and Iron Ages, and archaeology of religion. She has previously written a number of articles and edited books for an international audience, predominantly on subjects of archaeology in combination with Old Norse religion.

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• Verlag: Nordic Academic Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 918550937X
• ISBN 13: 9789185509379
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272