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The echo of Odin : Norse mythology and human consciousness / Edward W.L. Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Inc., 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781476634029
  • 1476634025
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Echo of Odin.DDC classification:
  • 293.13 23
LOC classification:
  • BL860
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Nature of Myth; 2. Norse Mythology as Cynosure; 3. The Lower World: Niflheim, Muspell and Hel; 4. The Middle World: Midgaard, Svartalfheim and Jötunheim; 5. The Upper World: Asgaard, Vanaheim and Alfheim; 6. The Emerging Gestalt: Yggdrasil, Norns and Runes; 7. The Wisdom of Odin; Conclusion; References; Index
Summary: "This book presents the cosmography of Norse mythology as a landscape of human inner life. Each of the nine worlds of this cosmography is viewed as a symbol of a distinct type of consciousness. The philosophy of pagan mythology is explored by comparing and contrasting the Sayings of Odin from the Norse Edda with the Christian Ten Commandments"-- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1901616

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Nature of Myth; 2. Norse Mythology as Cynosure; 3. The Lower World: Niflheim, Muspell and Hel; 4. The Middle World: Midgaard, Svartalfheim and Jötunheim; 5. The Upper World: Asgaard, Vanaheim and Alfheim; 6. The Emerging Gestalt: Yggdrasil, Norns and Runes; 7. The Wisdom of Odin; Conclusion; References; Index

"This book presents the cosmography of Norse mythology as a landscape of human inner life. Each of the nine worlds of this cosmography is viewed as a symbol of a distinct type of consciousness. The philosophy of pagan mythology is explored by comparing and contrasting the Sayings of Odin from the Norse Edda with the Christian Ten Commandments"-- Provided by publisher.