“I wish my grave to be dug in the doorway of my fire hall.” : ‘Unusual’ burial practices in Old Germanic traditions
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
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Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
“I wish my grave to be dug in the doorway of my fire hall.” : ‘Unusual’ burial practices in Old Germanic traditions
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
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 These interpretations however often draw on outdated and oversimplifying models of Old Germanic religion, seeing it as a single integrated system directly reflected by and extractable from contemporary foreign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.
Název v anglickém jazyce
“I wish my grave to be dug in the doorway of my fire hall.” : ‘Unusual’ burial practices in Old Germanic traditions
Popis výsledku anglicky
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 These interpretations however often draw on outdated and oversimplifying models of Old Germanic religion, seeing it as a single integrated system directly reflected by and extractable from contemporary foreign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.
Klasifikace
Druh
D - Stať ve sborníku
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60102 - Archaeology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
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Návaznosti
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2018
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název statě ve sborníku
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
ISBN
9783957410894
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Počet stran výsledku
10
Strana od-do
109-118
Název nakladatele
Beier & Beran
Místo vydání
Langenweißbach (DE)
Místo konání akce
Hallein
Datum konání akce
12. 11. 2015
Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti
EUR - Evropská akce
Kód UT WoS článku
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