Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis, Hilda Roderick Ellis

The Road to Hel

A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1943 book uses a variety of evidence from archaeology and literature concerning Norse funeral customs to reconstruct their conception of future life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9781107632349
• ISBN-10: 110763234X
• Artikelnr.: 39344750

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Funeral customs: the evidence from archaeology
2. Funeral customs: the evidence of literature
3. The conception of the future life
4. The cult of the dead
5. The conception of the soul
6. Necromancy
7. The journey to the land of the dead
Conclusion
Index.