Forntida religion & mytologi

DEN MEST KOMPLETTA EDDAN PÅ SVENSKA! Innehåller: - Snorres Edda - Den poetiska Eddan - 5 ytterligare Eddadikter - Utförliga kommentarer Eddan är en av världslitteraturens stora texter, ständigt refererad till i litteratur och forskning. Den är vår...

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- THE RECORD-BREAKING, MULTIMILLION COPY GLOBAL BESTSELLER - Discover the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that everyone is talking about - as seen on TikTok. Soon to be a major film. Alicia Berenso...

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Fornnordisk religion är ett grundligt översiktsverk om nordisk religion och mytologi under vikingatiden. Här behandlas bland mycket annat den förkristna mytologiska föreställningsvärlden med dess skapelse- och undergångsmyter samt de vanligaste ge...

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**The mesmerising retelling from the woman at the heart of one of Ancient Greece's most famous myths.** 'I absolutely adored this book and am encouraging everyone I know to buy a copy.' REAL READER REVIEW 'The last few pages will easily become tea...

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The Ancient Egyptians continue to fascinate people from all walks of life. Of all the knowledge we have of their culture, the rituals connected to death and the afterlife are the most compelling.

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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. ...

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The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt describes the emergence and development of the distinctive civilization of the ancient Egyptians, from their prehistoric origins to their conquest by the Persians, Greeks, and Romans. It details the changing nat...

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"För själens långa resa efter döden brukade egyptierna, bland andra föremål i graven, också förse sina döda med en papyrusrulle som vore det ett skriftligt pass, vilket skulle säkerställa ett välvilligt mottagande vid de många portarna i de h...

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IMAGINE SANDALS ON YOUR FEET, A SWORD IN YOUR HAND, HOT SUN BEATING DOWN ON YOUR BRONZE HELMET. ENTER THE WORLD OF STEPHEN FRY'S SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, HEROES 'An odyssey through Greek mythology. Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' Daily Mail ...

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A compelling account of Christianity's Jewish beginnings, from one of the world's leading scholars of ancient religion How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of...

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For the first time in 3,300 years, The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day: The Papyrus of Ani is showcased in its entirety in seventy four magnificent, large-format, color pages. Maybe the most stunning presentation of this ...

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AN EPIC BATTLE THAT LASTED TEN YEARS. A LEGENDARY STORY THAT HAS SURVIVED THOUSANDS. 'An inimitable retelling of the siege of Troy . . . Fry's narrative, artfully humorous and rich in detail, breathes life and contemporary relevance into these anc...

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Written at the request of her advanced students, "Initiation" is an illuminating autobiography that connects the twentieth century European life of internationally beloved teacher Elisabeth Haich and her lucid memories of initiation into...

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Religionerna må vara utdöda, men berättelserna om de antika gudarna och hjältarna lever kvar och är i dag en del av vårt kulturella arv. Egyptens pyramider och mumier utövar ännu sin mystiska dragningskraft, och Babylons portar och ziggurater väck...

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De apostoliska fäderna är beteckningen på en rad kristna skrifter från tiden närmast efter apostlarna, ca år 90 till 150. Det är den äldsta kristna litteraturen efter Nya Testamentet. Tillsammans ger skrifterna en god inblick i den efterapostolisk...

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Scandinavians of the Viking Age explored the mysteries of life through their sagas. Folklorist Helen Adeline Guerber brings to life the gods and goddesses, giants and dwarves, and warriors and monsters of these stories in Tales of Norse Mythology....

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Winner of The PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize A The Times Books of the Year A fascinating, surprising and often controversial examination of the real God of the Bible, in all his bodily, uncensored, scandalous f...

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Beautifully written, passionately argued and frequently controversial, God: An Anatomy is cultural history on a grand scale. Three and a half thousand years ago, in the West Asian lands we now call Israel and Palestine, a group of people worshippe...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL _______________ 'A beautiful and profound retelling' - Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe 'Gives the serpent-headed monster of myth a powerful and haunting humanity' - Jennifer Saint, ...

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The popular image of the Viking as a horn-helmeted berserker plying the ocean in a dragon-headed long boat is firmly fixed in history. Imagining Viking "conquerors" as much more numerous, technologically superior, and somehow inherently ...

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This brief but highly informative book presents an outline of Greek religion in the classical period. After surveying its main characteristics, it offers a clear and innovative view of the great gods and heroes as well as their sanctuaries and als...

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The Bear Is My Father: Indigenous Wisdom of a Muscogee Creek Caretaker of Sacred Ways is considered a love story between Bear Heart and a community that stretches across the globe. This book celebrates the life, teachings and legacy of Marcellus B...

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Finally sort out who's who in Greek mythology-from gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everyone in between! Greek mythology continues to appear in popular movies and books today but have you ever wondered about where these characters started ou...

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Surveys the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian and Germanic peoples. Provides an introduction to this subject, giving basic outlines to the sagas and stories, and helps identify the charachter traits of not only the well known but also the ...

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Bardskull is the record of three journeys made by Martin Shaw, the celebrated storyteller and interpreter of myth, in the year before he turned fifty. It is unlike anything he has written before. This is not a book about myth or narrative: rather,...

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This revised edition of West's revolutionary reinterpretation of the civilization of Egypt challenges all that has been accpeted as dogma concerning this ancient and enigmatic land. It features a new introduction linking Egyptian science with the ...

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BOOK 1 IN A THRILLING NEW ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SERIES, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH 'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King 'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared'...

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The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythology Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts...

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Gorgeous Collector's Edition. The Myths of Ancient Egypt are tied intimately to the presence and natural rhythms of the Nile. With their animalistic mythology, the Egyptians explained the effects of famine, harvest, floods and death by creating a ...

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I så gott som samtliga forna kulturer utvecklades skapelsemyter, ofta både sinnrika och storslagna. Genom århundradena har dessa myter tolkats på vitt skilda vis, som diskuteras utförligt i denna bok. Gemensam för dessa teorier var oviljan att til...

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