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Gods in Real Places: the Norse

Exploring how Norse deities were linked to actual mountains, rivers, springs and sacred sites, showing the overlap of the spirit world with the physical landscape.

Chapters

• 0:07 Sacred Landscape: Uppsala
• 1:52 Gods in Water and Mountains
• 3:37 Ships and Burial: The Sea as Sacred
• 5:04 Mythic Narratives and Their Places

On-screen text

• 0:07 Sacred Landscape: Uppsala
• 0:14 Sacred Landscape: Uppsala
• 0:31 Uppsala temple and sacred spring Historical record · Adam of Bremen, Gesta Hammaburgensis (c. 1075)
• 0:49 Postholes reveal cult hall Historical record · Archaeological excavation of Old Uppsala (Swedish National Heritage Board, 1900s)
• 1:07 Thor's hammer pendants Historical record · Thor's hammer pendants, British Museum, item 1860,1234
• 1:25 Freyr and fertility rites Tradition / scripture · Poetic Edda, Grímnismál (13th c.)
• 1:43 Rök stone mentions Thor and spring Historical record · Rök Runestone (c. 800, Östergötland)
• 1:52 Gods in Water and Mountains
• 1:59 Gods in Water and Mountains
• 2:16 Rök stone mentions Thor and spring Historical record · Rök Runestone (c. 800, Östergötland)
• 2:34 Sigtuna stone mentions holy spring Historical record · Sigtuna runic inscription (c. 1000, Sweden)
• 2:52 Helgafell stone altar Historical record · Helgafell archaeological survey (1975, Icelandic Institute of Archaeology)
• 3:10 Thor amulets at Bjorna fjord The Institute's interpretation · Archaeological study of Bjorna fjord (2020, University of Oslo)
• 3:28 Njörðr's fjord shrine The Institute's interpretation · Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla (13th c.)
• 3:37 Ships and Burial: The Sea as Sacred
• 3:44 Ships and Burial: The Sea as Sacred
• 4:01 Oseberg ship burial figurine Historical record · Oseberg Ship burial (c. 834, Norway, Viking Ship Museum)
• 4:19 Gokstad ship's battle gear Historical record · Gokstad Ship (c. 890, Norway, Viking Ship Museum)
• 4:37 Huldremose textile horse motif Historical record · Huldremose Bog textile (c. 200 AD, Denmark, National Museum of Denmark)
• 4:55 Jelling marks shift to Christianity The Institute's interpretation · Jelling Stones (c. 965, Denmark, National Museum of Denmark)
• 5:04 Mythic Narratives and Their Places
• 5:26 Freyr rides Gullinbursti in Uppsala grove Tradition / scripture · Poetic Edda, Grímnismál (13th c.)
• 5:50 Earliest complete runic alphabet Historical record · Kylver Runestone (c. 400, Sweden, Swedish History Museum)
• 6:13 King Olof Skötkonung built temple Tradition / scripture · Ynglinga saga (13th c.)

Sources

Historical record: Adam of Bremen, Gesta Hammaburgensis (c. 1075) · Archaeological excavation of Old Uppsala (Swedish National Heritage Board, 1900s) · Thor's hammer pendants, British Museum, item 1860,1234 · Rök Runestone (c. 800, Östergötland) · Sigtuna runic inscription (c. 1000, Sweden) · Helgafell archaeological survey (1975, Icelandic Institute of Archaeology) · Oseberg Ship burial (c. 834, Norway, Viking Ship Museum) · Gokstad Ship (c. 890, Norway, Viking Ship Museum) · Huldremose Bog textile (c. 200 AD, Denmark, National Museum of Denmark) · Kylver Runestone (c. 400, Sweden, Swedish History Museum)

Tradition / scripture: Poetic Edda, Grímnismál (13th c.) · Ynglinga saga (13th c.)

The Institute's interpretation: Archaeological study of Bjorna fjord (2020, University of Oslo) · Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla (13th c.) · Jelling Stones (c. 965, Denmark, National Museum of Denmark)

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