More Than Mythology: Narratives, Ritual Practices and Regional Distribution in pre-Christian and Scandinavian Religions

Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Contains nine pieces (plus an Introduction) by various authors on aspects of the pre-Christian religion in Scandinavia (Nordic, also Sami and Finnish). The pieces are "The Study of Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions: Trends and Perspectives" by Catharina Raudvere & Jens Peter Schjödt, "Mythic Acts: Materian Narratives of the Dead in Viking Age Scandinavia" by Neil Price, "The Merits and Limits of Caomarative Philology: Old Norse Religious Vocabulary in a Long-Term Perspective" by Peter Jackson, "Diets and Deities: Contrastive Livelihoods and Animal Symbolism in Nordic Pre-Christian Religions" by Thomas A DuBois, "Fictive Rituals in Völuspá: Mythological Narration between Agency and Structure in the Representation of Reality" by Catharina Raudvere, "Continuity, Change and Regional Variation in Old Norse Religion" by Andreas Nordberg, "Gender, Sexuality and the Supranormal: Finnish Oral-Traditional Sources" by Laura Stark, "Literary Representation of Oral Religion: Organizing Principles in Mikael Agricola's List of Mythological Agents in Late Medieval Finland" by Veikko Anttonen, " "Religious Ruler Ideology in Pre-Christian Scandinavia: A Contextual Approach" by Olof Sundqvist, and "Reflections on Aims and Methods in the Study od Old Norse Religion" by Jens Peter Schjödt. 287pp, a few b&w illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …