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1 online resource |
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Scandinavian languages |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This is a study of the evidence in art, artifact, architecture, and poetry that the myth of Yggdrasil, the cosmic tree of life associated with the gods, the runes, fate, and ragnarok in Norse/Germanic mythology, was associated in northern Christianity with the cross of Christ. The events of the story of Yggdrasil were seen as a kind of foreshadowing for the events in the New Testament, especially the crucifixion and resurrection, and the ultimate salvation of human beings from death and their corpses from the Nidhogg. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Yggdrasil and the Cross; PART ONE: IN WOOD AND STONE; 2. Yggdrasil and the Stave Church; 3. Bornholm's Round Churches and Baptismal Font; 4. Entering Yggdrasil: The Viking Crosses at Middleton in Yorkshire; PART TWO: IN POETRY AND RUNES; 5. The Trembling Tree of The Dream of the Rood; 6. Yggdrasil and the Sequence of the Runes in the Elder Fuþark; PART THREE: IN YULETIDE CAROL AND EVERGREENS; 7. Yggdrasil and the Christmas Tree; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Yggdrasil (Norse mythology)
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Yggdrasil (Norse mythology) |
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Mythology, Norse.
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Mythology, Norse. |
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Christianity and other religions -- Norse.
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Christianity and other religions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Murphy, G. Ronald, 1938- Tree of salvation 9780199948611 (DLC) 2013003236 (OCoLC)841599409 |
| ISBN |
9780199948628 (electronic book) |
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0199948623 (electronic book) |
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9780199369850 (ebook) |
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0199369852 (ebook) |
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9780199948611 |
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0199948615 |
| Standard No. |
40022828413 |
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