Behind Heathendom: Archaeological Studies of
Old Norse Religion
ANDERS ANDRÉN*
SUMMARY
This paper offers a synthesis of a large body of recent research into the Old Norse
religion which has been conducted as part of the multidisciplinary research
project Väger till Midgård – Roads to Midgard. Evidence for the Pre-Christian
Norse religion is drawn from Medieval Icelandic literature, place-names and the
archaeology of ritual sites. The movement from remote, open-air temples (vé) to
purpose built ritual houses and finally churches is outlined and the development
of a pre-Christian priesthood is explored. Burial archaeology from the Bronze Age
to the Christian era provides a vital perspective on changing religious concepts.
The prolonged contact with the Mediterranean world during the Roman Iron Age
exerted a strong influence on old Norse religion and some of the most distinctively
Scandinavian religious features can be seen to be hybrid cultural constructs.
Behind Heathendom: Archaeological Studies of Old Norse Religion
Behind Heathendom: Archaeological Studies of Old Norse Religion
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