Open AccessOpferbeschreibungen in christlichen Schriften
Author(s) -
Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
scripta instituti donneriani aboensis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2343-4937
pISSN - 0582-3226
DOI - 10.30674/scripta.67177
Subject(s) - icelandic , literature , history , selection (genetic algorithm) , period (music) , philosophy , classics , art , aesthetics , linguistics , computer science , artificial intelligence
The article analyses Christian influences as they can be observed in the narrations of traditional Icelandic Sagas from the early Christian period. It gives special attention to rituals of offering as these are depicted in the Landnámabók (dating from the early 12th century) and a selection of Sagas.