“I wish my grave to be dug in the doorway of my fire hall.” : ‘Unusual’ burial practices in Old Germanic traditions

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angličtina
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“I wish my grave to be dug in the doorway of my fire hall.” : ‘Unusual’ burial practices in Old Germanic traditions
Original language description
The present paper deals with 'unusual' phenomena connected with burials of human and animal remains during the Roman Iron Age in Central Europe, with parallels throughout the whole Nordic Iron Age attributable to Germanic tribes. Many of these were previously interpreted and connected with 'religious' or 'ritual' activities (the two often being confused without further explanation or definition). These interpretations however often draw on outdated and oversimplifying models of Old Germanic religion, seeing it as a single integrated system directly reflected by and extractable from contemporary foreign (Greek and Roman) or later native (Old Norse) sources. Therefore a brief overview of our current knowledge of Old Germanic religious traditions and practices, in regards to archaeological (as well as other) evidence, is offered, with more attention paid to views of death, the dead and afterlife. For this purpose, a general approach to archaeology of prehistoric religions, partially inspired by current trends in Cognitive Studies of Religions, is also discussed. 'Old Germanic' religious beliefs and funeral practices are then considered within this framework in an attempt to reinterpret these phenomena in a, hopefully, more comprehensive way.
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Übergangswelten - Todesriten. Forschungen zur Bestattungskultur der europäischen Eisenzeit : Beiträge zur internationalen Tagung der AG Eisenzeit in Hallein 2015 und zur Sitzung der AG Eisenzeit während des 8. Deutschen Archäologiekongresses in Berlin 2014
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9783957410894
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Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
109-118
Publisher name
Beier & Beran
Place of publication
Langenweißbach (DE)
Event location
Hallein
Event date
Nov 12, 2015
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
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