Barbarian Rites: The Spiritual World of the Vikings and the Germanic Tribes Paperback - 2011
by Hans-Peter Hasenfratz
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HISTORY / FOLKLORE "Barbarian Rites provides a wealth of facts free from ideological or interpretive overlay, yet does so in a prose that can be read for pleasure as well as instruction. One feels the secure weight of lifelong scholarship behind this book." --Joscelyn Godwin, author of Atlantis and the Cycles of Time Before the conversion of Europe to Christianity in the Middle Ages, Germanic tribes roamed the continent, plundering villages and waging battles to seek the favor of Odin, their god of war, ecstasy, and magic. Centuries later, predatory Viking raiders from Scandinavia carried on similar traditions. These wild "barbarians" had a system of social classes and familial clans with complex spiritual customs, from rites of passage for birth, death, and adulthood to black magic practices and shamanic ecstatic states, such as the infamous "berserker's rage." Chronicling the original pagan tradition of free and wild Europe--and the use and abuse of its myths and magic by the Nazis--Hans-Peter Hasenfratz offers a concise history of the Germanic tribes of Europe and their spiritual, magical, and occult beliefs. Looking at historical accounts, church and assembly records, mythology, and folktales from Germany, Russia, Scandinavia, and Iceland as well as an eyewitness report of Viking customs and rituals from a 10th-century Muslim diplomat, Hasenfratz explores the different forms of magic--including charms, runic magic, necromancy, love magic, soul travel, and shamanic shape-shifting--practiced by the Teutonic tribes and examines their interactions with and eventual adaptation to Christianity. Providing in-depth information on their social class and clan structure, rites of passage, and their most important gods and goddesses, such as Odin, Loki, Thor, and Freyja, Hasenfratz reveals how it is only through understanding our magical barbarian roots that we can see the remnants of their language, culture, and dynamic spirit that have carried through to modern times. HANS-PETER HASENFRATZ, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of the history of religion at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. The author of numerous works in German on ancient cultures and religions, he lives in Bochum, Germany.
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- Title Barbarian Rites: The Spiritual World of the Vikings and the Germanic Tribes
- Author Hans-Peter Hasenfratz
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Inner Traditions International
- Date 2011-06-23
- ISBN 9781594774218 / 1594774218
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Cultural Region: Scandinavian
- Library of Congress subjects Germanic peoples - Religion, Civilization, Germanic
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011018561
- Dewey Decimal Code 293
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- Publishers Weekly, 08/15/2011, Page 0
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