The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature

Æsir Almgren animal Ásmundr Balder battle belief body Bronze Age Brynhildr burial mound buried burning century ceremony chapter Christian conception connected corpse cremation cult custom dead death dísir draugr dreams earth Egils Saga elves evidence example Eyrbyggja Saga Flateyjarbók Fornaldar Sögur Freyja Freyr funeral fylgja Geirröðr give given gods grave grave-goods grave-mound Grímnismál Hadingus Hálfdan hall hamingja Harald heathen Helga Helgi Hervör human Ibid Iceland idea inhumation Íslendinga Sögur Jarl journey king laid land Landnámabók Laxdæla Saga Lindqvist living Norse literature Norway noticed Olaf Ólafs Saga Ólafs Saga Tryggvasonar Oseberg Othin passage possessions practice prose pyre realm rebirth sacrifice Saga Tryggvasonar Saxo Scandinavia seems shape-changing ship ship-burial ship-funeral Sigurðr sitting slain Snorri soul spirit story suggests supernatural suttee Sweden tells told tradition treasure Underworld Valhöll Valkyrie Vendel verse Viking Age Völuspá völva warriors woman women worship Ynglinga Saga Þórólfr Þorsteinn