Animal mouthpieces for human properties and indentity - A Scandinavian perspective
(2010) 03. p.39-45- Abstract
- Peoples' relations to animals and their various roles took many different expressions in the pre-Christian era. In certain contexts animals had practical functions, but others they also had symbolic values. Domsticated animals were a kind of life style metaphors in grave rituals. Wild animals and transformation between humans and animals in pictorial images signified social identity. The archaeological analysis of pre-Christian use of animals, and the interpretation of relations between humans and animals give a historical background to the later textbased Old Norse mythology.
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- author
- Jennbert, Kristina LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2010
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- social identity, Animals, life style metaphors, paganism, Old Norse religion, falconry
- host publication
- Bestial Mirrors. Using animals to construct human identities in Medieval Europe
- editor
- Kucera, Matthias and Kunst, Günther Karl
- volume
- 03
- pages
- 39 - 45
- publisher
- VIAS. Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, Vienna University
- ISBN
- 978-3-200-01895-2
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 933eb3ed-9f18-4260-9991-0ff07395d481 (old id 1770537)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 10:20:37
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