Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Catharina Raudvere
yhteensä 32 hakutulosta
More than Mythology
Written by distinguished scholars from multiple perspectives, this account widens the interpretative scope on religious life among the pre-Christian Scandinavian people. The …
Sufism Today
Sufism is the subject of intensive discussion and debate. Yet, it is also true that the study of contemporary Sufism has been overlooked by the fields of Middle Eastern, Islamic …
Ordning mot kaos : studier av nordisk förkristen kosmologi
Världen var på många sätt en annan för 1000 år sedan, såväl i praktik som i tanke. Människan ansågs leva på en plats, "Midgård", i mitten av världen, omgiven av andra världar …
Narratives and Rituals of the Nightmare Hag in Scandinavian Folk Belief
This books explores varying conceptions of the Nightmare hag, mara, in Scandinavian folk belief. What began as observations of some startling narratives preserved in folklore …
Kunskap och insikt i norrön tradition
I dag associeras den förkristna nordiska mytologin ofta med politisk extremism; men samtidigt som vi ifrågasätter en bokhandel vid namn Midgård äter vi runmärkt smör och har en …
Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe
Where nostalgia was once dismissed a wistful dream of a never-never land, the academic focus has shifted to how pieces of the past are assembled as the elements in alternative …
Björnståhls resa : Europa och Konstantinopel 1767-1779
Sommaren 1767 påbörjade orientalisten Jacob Jonas Björnståhl (1731--1779) en resa som förde honom till Frankrike, Schweiz, Italien, Tyskland, Holland och England innan han sjövägen …
Contested Memories and the Demands of the Past
This book brings together new perspectives on collective memory in the modern Muslim world. It discusses how memory cultures are established and used at national levels – in …
Alevi Identity
In the rising momentum for new and reformulated cultural identities, the Turkish Alevi have also emerged on the scene, demanding due recognition. In this process a number of …
More than Mythology: Narratives, Ritual Practices and Regional Distribution in pre-Christian Scandinavian Religions
The religion of the Viking Age is conventionally identified through its mythology: the ambiguous character Odin, the forceful Thor, and the end of the world approaching in …
Rethinking the Space for Religion
What happens to people's sense of belonging when globalisation meets with proclaimed regional identities resting heavily on conceptions of religion and ethnicity? Who are the …