The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature
by Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
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Originally published in 1943, this book was written using a variety of evidence from archaeology and literature concerning Norse funeral customs to reconstruct their conception of future life, the soul of man, the cult of the dead, and the journey to the land of the dead. The text is notable as one of the first comprehensive treatments of these areas, showing how knowledge could be forwarded by correlation of the evidence from various academic fields. This book will be of value to anyone show more with an interest in Norse history, archaeology and literature. show lessTags
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- 1943
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- Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 839.6 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Old Norse, Old Icelandic, Icelandic, Faroese literatures
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- PT7162 .D4 .D3 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian Literary history and criticism
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