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WE PRESENT: digitalized Førkristen jul by Sophie Bønding »It is a widespread assumption that when Christianity reached the Nordic countries in the centuries around the year 1000, the Christian celebration of Christ’s birth replaced an old pagan midwinter festival. However, the matter is not quite so straightforward. Before the conversion, the word jul (Old Norse jól) evidently referred to a pagan seasonal feast, but its timing, its underlying ideas, and its cultic expressions have all been the subject of intense scholarly debate. This debate continued until around 1960, after which it has largely fallen silent, apart from a few more recent contributions published after the year 2000.«	WE PRESENT: on print Buy your Christmas gift here: Heimskringla Reprint Support Heimskringla’s work – and treat yourself or someone else – by shopping in Heimskringla’s bookshop. We offer more than 50 titles in the following fields: Nordic history – Viking Age – Source texts – Old Norse literature – Literary history – Mythology – Pre-Christian religion – Sagas – Edda translations – Cultural history – Iceland – Skaldic poetry – Reference works, and more. See the selection here:
Recent texts Fortællingen om Ragnar Lodbrogs sønner (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2025) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Olafs Tog til Danmark og Vendland (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Gudrød Erikssøns Angreb paa Viken og hans Fald. Olafs Vinterophold i Nidaros. Ormen lange (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Festens gave - Vandrefalk der drog ud i verden (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Grønlands Bebyggelse og Kolonisternes Omvendelse til Christendommen (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Festens gave - Jordens øer bliver til fastland og menneskene jager mammut (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Christendommens Indførelse paa Island (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Festens gave - Myten om alt livs begyndelse (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Færøerne christnes (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Festens gave - Det store tuskhandels-stævne (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens hellige gave kommer til menneskene (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Haalogaland christnet (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Festens gave - Qarrtsiluni (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Ringerike christnet. Eyvind Keldas Drab (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Olafs Frieri til Sigrid Storraade og Giftermaal med Thyre Haraldsdatter (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Thrøndelagen christnet. Nidaros anlagt (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Sogn, Fjordene, Søndmøre, Raumsdalen christnede. St. Sunnivas Helligdom (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Alcuin: Om dyderne og lasterne (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2025) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Agder, Rogaland og Hordeland christnede. Erling Skjalgssøn (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Christendoms-Paabudet begynder. Viken christnes (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Olaf Tryggvessøn tiltræder Regjeringen i Norge (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Christendommen og dens Fremskridt i Norden indtil Olaf Tryggvessøn (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Haakon Jarls Død (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Olaf Tryggvessøns Rejse til Norge (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Olaf Tryggvessøns Barndoms- og Ungdoms-Historie (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853)    Previous    New texts	Special features Source Index: - Did you find your text? Heimskringla Reprint: Wide selection of rare books at an affordable price. Forfatterindex: Searching by author, translator and/or publisher. Temasider: - Explore selected themes. Index of skalds: Who were they? Language learning: Learn Old Norse E-Library: Links to some 400 books - all available online. Gallery: Visit Heimskringla's gallery of historical sites etc. Archive of maps: Maps of important saga places. Biographical Index: Briefly on manuscript collectors, scholars, and authors who have had an influence on the conservation, publication and interpretation of Old Norse source material.
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