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Att binda djur och väva strid. Om djurornamentikens innebörder.

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Author

  • Maria Domeij

Editor

  • Anders Andrén
  • Peter Carelli

Summary, in English

Animal ornamentation was a dominating expression of art in Scandinavia during the period c. 250-1250 AD. In this chapter i am trying to nuance and deepen our understanding of animal ornamentation as a possible cognitive expression. By relating its images to the metaphorical language of early medieval skaldic poetry I suggest that its meanings have been tightly knit to an ideology of honour and warfare.



Since animal ornamented objects are associated to both men and women in the archaeological record, any ideological implication behind them must have included both sexes. In this article I wish to discuss the structures of animal ornamentation in relation to an engendered ideology of warfare and honour.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

120-135

Publication/Series

Odens öga - mellan människor och makter i det förkristna Norden.

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Dunkers kulturhus

Topic

  • Archaeology

Keywords

  • gender
  • Animal ornamentation
  • bound animal bodies

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1651-6796
  • ISBN: 13: 978-91-974550-5-3
  • ISBN: 10: 91-974550-5-9