Sacred Legal Places in Eddic Poetry: Reflected in Real Life?
A.I. Riisøy
Eddic poetry constitutes an important gateway into the pre-Christian legal universe of Scandinavia. This paper presents a broader, deeper discusson how thing functions in eddic poems and language motifs that are used around this concept. It is argued here can provide some insight ideal characteristics Norse assemblies; indeed, assemblies real time may have drawn from concepts eddas. Place-name archaeological evidence to demonstrate population Viking Age Scandinavia strived reproduce “ideal assembly site”, described poetry, their own landscape.
Journal of The North Atlantic