Contesting the Semantics of Viking Religion
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- Alliterative morte arthure, Archaeological evidence, Biller, Cambridge university press, Christian cemetery, Christian context, Classical latin paganus, Contemporary scholar, Contemporary scholarship, Cultural mythology, Current term, Early viking, Further specification, Heathen, Heathen army, Karl heinz, Manx christian, Medieval people, Meulengracht sorensen, Middle english, Modern scholar, Negative descriptor, Neopagan movement, Ninth century, Norse, Norse myth, Norse people, Norse polytheism, Norse polytheist, Norse religion, Oxford university press, Pagan, Pagan religion, Paganus, Pejorative, Pejorative connotation, Pejorative value, Polytheism, Polytheist, Prose edda, Religious conflict, Same criticism, Same time, Scandinavia, Scholarly work, Skaldic poetry, Snorri sturluson, Sturtevant, Summa theologiae, Tenth century, Viking, Viking period, Viking raid, Viking religion, World view.
Abstract
This article critically examines the words currently in use by scholars to describe Viking-Age Norse religion: ‘pagan’, ‘heathen’, and ‘pre-Christian’. It explores their etymologies -particularly focusing on when they were used to describe Norse religion - from the Latin, Old English, Old French, Middle English, and Old Norse sources, in tandem with the problematic historical contexts in which they were first employed. It then addresses the problems with their use in contemporary scholarship, particularly in implying an outdated, overly simplistic narrative of conversion to Christianity. A new term will then be proposed for use and discussion.
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DOI: 10.1484/J.VMS.1.103200
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