Godkynningr: o rei escandinavo como ponte entre deuses e homens

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Ayoub, Munir Lutfe
• Orientador(a): Quaranta, Ettore
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em História
• Departamento: História
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Realeza; Ritos; Mitos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Royals; Rites; Myths
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::HISTORIA
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12802

The present study seek to understand by means of a methodology compared between the literary and archaeological sources, the changes that have taken place in the cult practices that allowed the forging of ideals, the legitimacy and the formation of the functions of Scandinavian monarchies, besides searching the feelings and anxieties that those men had for their gods. It was finally evidenced the importance of ancient Nordic traditions and Norse mythology as an instrument of legitimacy as well as the creation of social powers, contributing to the understanding of a period when rite, myth and social powers were in full connection, and such relations would mark the Viking Period in Scandinavia. That goal time is inserted between the VIII and X centuries. In the first century the first Scandinavian royals appeared and in the second one the Scandinavian people began to undergo the process of conversion to Christianity