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<strong>To</strong> NORA CHADWICK who has given me so much First Greenwood reprinting, 1968 Library of Congress catalogue card number: 88-23286 Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Contents Preface Abbreviations INTRODUCTION page vii viii I CHAPTERS I. FUNERAL CUSTOMS: THE EVIDENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGY 7 The disposal of the dead in heathen times, p. 7; The funeral ship, p. 16 II. FUNERAL CUSTOMS: THE EVIDENCE OF LITERATURE 30 Cremation and inhumation, p. 30; Ship—funeral, p. 39; Human sacrifice, p. 50; The funeral feast, p. 59; Conclusion, p. 61 III. THE CONCEPTION OF THE FUTURE LIFE 65 The conception of Valhöll in the poems, p. 66; The Valkyries, p. 69; The realm of the gods, p. 73; The everlasting battle, p. 78; The underworld realm of the dead, p. 83; The dead in the mountains, p. 87; The grave-mound, p. 9o; Conclusion, p. 96 IV. THE CULT OF THE DEAD 99 Worship of the dead and of the grave-mound, p. 100; The custom of sitting on a howe, p. 105; Elves and land—spirits, p. 111; Conclusion, p. 119 V. THE CONCEPTION OF THE SOUL 121 Shape-changing, p. 122; The animal fylgja, p. 127; The guardian hamingja and dis, p. 130; The idea of rebirth, p. 138; Conclusion: the idea of survival, p. 147 VI. NECROMANCY 151 The waking of the sleeper, p. 152; The animation of the dead, p. 156; The restless corpse, p. I62; Conclusion, p. 165
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