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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 Om Herkules (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2025) Jason og det gyldne skind (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2025) Erik den Røde og nordbokolonierne i Grønland - Grønlands første kolonisation (Danish; Daniel Bruun, 1931) Erik den Røde og nordbokolonierne i Grønland - Erik den Rødes ungdom paa Island (Danish; Daniel Bruun, 1931) Festens gave - Luftens aand hjælper en fattig dreng (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Hvalens sjæl og dens brændende hjerte (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Det frelsende dødningehoved (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Om kong Rolf og hans kæmpers Sverigesfærd (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2025) Festens gave - Pigens kærlighed der først dræbte en mand . . . (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Historien om ulv (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Manden der tæmmede de første rener (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Den falske kvinde der blev til en natugle (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Misana der blev forslaaet til Perlernes land (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Tvillingerne med hundeøjnene (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Kæmpemusen fra Colville-River og de to brødre der dræbte den (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Samernes gamle religion (bookreview) (Danish; Signe Elise Bro, 2025) Festens gave - Pigen Alarana og hendes broder der blev ædt af ulve . . . (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Flere Begivenheder paa Island (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Det norske Folks Historie bind 3 - Orknøerne uafhængige. Sigurd Jarl (Norwegian; Peter Andreas Munch, 1853) Festens gave - Den skønneste fugl og den dejligste kvinde (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Høvdingens datter med jernarmbaandet og den gamle mand . . . (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Kvinden der blev til en edderkop (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Hvorfor landbjørnene blev menneskefjendske (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - Barnet fra havet (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929) Festens gave - De fire kammerater der vilde omrejse jorden (Danish; Knud Rasmussen, 1929)    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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