1.
Asclepio
; 61(1): 195-218, 2009.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19753693
ABSTRACT
This paper seeks evidence among our extensive Scandinavian mythological texts for an area which they seldom discuss explicitly: the conceptualisation and handling of illness and healing. Its core evidence is two runic texts (the Canterbury Rune-Charm and the Sigtuna Amulet) which conceptualise illness as a "purs" ("ogre, monster"). The article discusses the semantics of "purs," arguing that illness and supernatural beings could be conceptualised as identical in medieval Scandinavia. This provides a basis for arguing that myths in which gods and heroes fight monsters provided a paradigm for the struggle with illness.
Subject(s)
Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid , Literature, Medieval , Medicine, Traditional , Mythology , Religion , Social Conditions , Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/ethnology , Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/history , Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/psychology , Anthropology, Cultural/education , Anthropology, Cultural/history , Faith Healing/education , Faith Healing/history , Faith Healing/psychology , History of Medicine , History, Medieval , Illness Behavior/physiology , Language , Literature, Medieval/history , Medicine, Traditional/history , Morals , Mythology/psychology , Religion/history , Scandinavian and Nordic Countries/ethnology , Social Conditions/history
2.
Ninet Century Contexts
; 23(1): 1-28, 2001.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18668981
Subject(s)
Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid , Asian People , Prejudice , Race Relations , Skin Pigmentation , Social Problems , Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/economics , Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/ethnology , Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/history , Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid/psychology , Asian People/education , Asian People/ethnology , Asian People/history , Asian People/legislation & jurisprudence , Asian People/psychology , Ethnicity/education , Ethnicity/ethnology , Ethnicity/history , Ethnicity/legislation & jurisprudence , Ethnicity/psychology , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , Humans , Literature, Modern/history , Natural Science Disciplines/economics , Natural Science Disciplines/education , Natural Science Disciplines/history , Natural Science Disciplines/legislation & jurisprudence , Psychology, Social/economics , Psychology, Social/education , Psychology, Social/history , Psychology, Social/legislation & jurisprudence , Race Relations/history , Race Relations/legislation & jurisprudence , Race Relations/psychology , Skin Pigmentation/physiology , Social Problems/economics , Social Problems/ethnology , Social Problems/history , Social Problems/legislation & jurisprudence , Social Problems/psychology
3.
J Rocky Mt Mediev Renaiss Assoc
; 22: 71-8, 2001.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19097325
