Miniature Chairs On Seeresses, the Future, and Conflict
Viking Age miniature pendants resembling small chairs have been registered in noteworthy find-contexts such as richly furnished graves and elaborate votive offerings, but also lately as metal detector finds (see Table 32.1; Figs 32.1, 32.2, and 32.3¹). In cases where it has been possible to define t...
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| Published in | The Norse Sorceress p. 451 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Oxbow Books
15.09.2024
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| Summary: | Viking Age miniature pendants resembling small chairs have been registered in noteworthy find-contexts such as richly furnished graves and elaborate votive offerings, but also lately as metal detector finds (see Table 32.1; Figs 32.1, 32.2, and 32.3¹). In cases where it has been possible to define the sex of the interred person, we always find a female. This has been taken as an indication that the chair pendants were part of the ritual life of vǫlur, female seeresses, and was part of their ritual paraphernalia.² But the chair shape itself has also been seen as a reference to the throne |
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| ISBN: | 9781789259537 1789259533 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/jj.5699282.37 |