Religiozno življenje Vikingov : diplomsko delo

Gačnik, Filip (avtor), Osredkar, Mari Jože (mentor)

Mrzla morja severa so vzgojila nekatere od najbolj neustrašnih mornarjev vseh časov, ki so sčasoma postali znani pod imenom Vikingi. Za njihove sodobnike so bili Vikingi pošasti iz nočnih mor, divji morski volkovi, ki so umorili in uničili vse, česar niso oteli ali odgnali. Pa vendar Vikingi niso bili zgolj roparji in morilci. V svojih domačih deželah in kolonijah so uživali bogato kulturno in religiozno življenje. V njihovih mitih in obredih se pojavljajo predvsem štiri imena: Odin, kralj bogov, Thor, varuh ljudi in bogov, ter Frey in Freya, bog in boginja rodovitnosti. Čeprav mnoge podrobnosti o obredih in praksah, ki so spremljale čaščenje teh božanstev, niso znane, je vendarle mogoče videti, kako so bogovi s svojim zgledom in dejanji krojili kulturo vikinških ljudstev. Velik del vikinške kulture je bil povezan z vojno, smrtjo, žrtvovanjem in pirovanjem. Zdi se, da je ravno misel na smrt in onostranstvo najbolj burila domišljijo Vikingov, njihov kozmos je bil namreč sestavljen iz številnih svetov, v katerih so prebivala številna čudežna bitja. Četudi so bili živi omejeni na tostranstvo, so se jim po smrti odprla številna pota in svetovi. Celo bogovi niso mogli ubežati mrzlemu prijemu smrti, kar prikazuje dogodek, imenovan Ragnarök, ko se izpolni usoda ljudi in bogov in stvarstvo uničijo podivjane sile narave.

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: Vikingi, mitologija, religija, obredje, magija, politeizem
• Vrsta gradiva: Diplomsko delo/naloga
• Tipologija: 2.11 - Diplomsko delo
• Organizacija: TEOF - Teološka fakulteta
• Kraj izida: Ljubljana
• Založnik: [F. Gačnik]
• Leto izida: 2018
• Št. strani: III, 39 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-102692
• UDK: 2-184.3(368)(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 7960410
• Datum objave v RUL: 07.09.2018

GAČNIK, Filip, 2018, Religiozno življenje Vikingov : diplomsko delo [na spletu]. Diplomsko delo. Ljubljana : F. Gačnik. [Dostopano 3 maj 2025]. Pridobljeno s: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=slv&id=102692

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Naslov: Religious life of the Vikings

Izvleček

The cold seas of the North have given rise to some of the fiercest sailors of all time, who eventually came to be known as the Vikings. To their contemporaries the Vikings were little more than monsters from their darkest nightmares, the savage sea wolves come to pillage and plunder anything of worth and setting the rest aflame. However, the Vikings were much more than murderers and thieves. Within their own lands and colonies the Viking life was steeped in rich cultural and religious practices. Their myths and rituals feature four beings prominently: Odin, the king of all gods, Thor, the guardian of gods and men, and the god and goddess of fertility, Frey and Freya. The rituals and practices that were performed to honour the gods are to a large extent shrouded in mystery. Despite this it is possible to gleam how the deeds of the gods shaped the Viking culture. War, death, sacrifice and revelry seem to have been the central tenets of the Viking culture. The idea of death and what lies beyond especially seems to have ignited the Vikings’ imagination, driving them to envision a universe of countless worlds populated with strange and mystical creatures. These worlds may have been denied to the living but became accessible in the afterlife. The gods themselves could not escape the icy grip of death as depicted by the event called Ragnarök when they meet their fate along with the mortal men while all of creation is engulfed by the raging forces of nature.

• Ključne besede: Vikings, mythology, religion, rituals, magic, polytheism