The imaginary world of the Vikings is a vast and amazing landscape that continues to puzzles us. Their myths abound with powerful, tricky and enigmatic gods, forceful giants and an array of supernatural beings, large and small, which seem hard for the modern mind to grasp.This course in Viking mythology and religion focuses on the myths and legends, histories and tales of the Viking world. We will investigate the great variety of textual and archaeological sources to the Viking Age and explore their worldview, beliefs and ethics. We will treat the difficult issues of the source material: that the originally oral mythology and legends are mainly preserved in medieval literature.We will investigate the relationship between archaeological finds from the Viking Age and the medieval sources, and by employing a wide range of disciplines, such as history of religion, folklore, history, archaeology and literary analysis, we will provide a critical overview of the field of Viking mythology and religion. We will also provide the necessary analytical tools for any student interested in this field.International scholars to be announced.

Course leader
Rolf Stavnem: http://pure.au.dk/portal/da/persons/id(0e3218e2-00a7-4d55-aacd-5a4c44a9e142).html

Target group
Students with a bachelor within humanities

Credits info
9.9 ECTS Master's Level

Fee info
EUR 333: Price: Students holding a preapproval including exchange students do not pay for the course.ONLY Free-mover students and Tomplads students MUST pay for the course: Danish and EU/ES (tomplads): 333 EURNON-EU-ES students (free-mover): 998 EURBooks, course materials, social programme, and housing are not included in the tuition fee. Also be aware of course specific expenses mentioned in the description. EUR 998: Price: Students holding a preapproval including exchange students do not pay for the course.ONLY Free-mover students and Tomplads students MUST pay for the course: Danish and EU/ES (tomplads): 333 EURNON-EU-ES students (free-mover): 998 EURBooks, course materials, social programme, and housing are not included in the tuition fee. Also be aware of course specific expenses mentioned in the description.

Scholarships
No scholarships

Aarhus University
Address: International Centre, H%C3%B8egh Guldbergsgade 4-6
Postal code: 8000
City: Aarhus
Country: Denmark
Website: www.au.dk/summeruniversity
E-mail: dfs@au.dk
Phone: +4551335274