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1	Valkyrior och sköldmöer : Kön och genus i fornnordisk mytologi / Valkyries and shieldmaidens : Sex and gender in Old Norse mythology Sunesson, Ellinor January 2022 (has links) Abstrakt This essay is about how I investigated the valkyries and shieldmaidens gender in Old Norse mythology. The starting point of investigating valkyries, from a gender perspective, lies within that "gender", socially, can be reconstructed from societies ideologies and norms, referring to present time discussions. Further, studies have shown different interpretations of the valkyries in mythology, as many researchers described valkyries as crossborder from the female gender category to the male gender category. In mentioning the valkyries as cross-border, between the social roles of being a man or a woman, the valkyrian is emphasized as one who acts outside the norm of their gender category. But, if the normality norms for the valkyries are the same, then there should be no boundary-crossing. And with this said,and to validate this research importance, my working hypothesis was that valkyries and shieldmaidens fits in to a third gender category, and that the investigation regarding a third gender is quite right considering how society has changed, especially since the third gender category has become a contemporary phenomenon. Therefore, to understand the myths, I first needed to familiarise myself with the properties, attributes and actions.Related to this, I, immersed myself within the mythology to better understand the stemmed creation of the myths. The study regarding valkyriesand shieldmaidens was examined, through an analysis, of the heroic poems within The poetic Edda. Egenskaper attribut handlingar valkyrior sköldmöer kvinnliga krigare kön genus Religious Studies Religionsvetenskap
2	Mer än valkyrior : En omtolkning av vikingatidens feminina figuriner / More than Valkyries : A re-interpretation of Viking Age Female Figurines Wihlborg, Julia January 2019 (has links) Figurines with a human shape have been created in almost every culture all throughout human history. In this thesis one such group of figurines is under investigation, Viking age female figurines. These figurines are most often interpreted as representations of the Valkyries – shieldmaidens of the god Odin – or as the goddess Fröja. Interpretations made through comparative studies with the medieval written sources. However, these interpretations always privileges some attributes of the figurines over others, creating simplified and general interpretations. The purpose of this thesis is to (re)interpret the figurines beyond the concept of representation, and instead focus on what the figurines, through their various attributes (size, motive, material), do and how they influence human actions. This is realized through the creation of a catalogue of all currently known female figurines from the Viking age (53 pieces), a correspondence analysis and through the use of symmetrical archaeology and embodiment theory. The result shows that the most important attributes of the figurines is their physical bodies, through which they can interact with the world, trigger emotions, hold memory, become animated and be part of the performative practice of upholding individual identity as well as upholding both the social- and cosmological worlds. Figurines Valkyries Viking Age symmetrical archaeology embodiment gender theory correspondence analysis identity memory miniatures Figuriner valkyrior vikingatid symmetrisk arkeologi embodiement genusteori korrespondensanalys identitet minne miniatyrer Archaeology Arkeologi

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Valkyrior och sköldmöer : Kön och genus i fornnordisk mytologi / Valkyries and shieldmaidens : Sex and gender in Old Norse mythology

Mer än valkyrior : En omtolkning av vikingatidens feminina figuriner / More than Valkyries : A re-interpretation of Viking Age Female Figurines