Hilda_Roderick_Ellis_The_Road_to_Hel.pdf
"The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of he Dead in Old Norse Literature" by Hilda Roderick Ellis.
Book uses a variety of evidence from archaeology and literature concerning Norse funeral customs to reconstruct their conception of future life, the soul of man, the cult of the dead, and the journey to the land of the dead.
Info focuses on the Norse traditions but it is applicable to probably all I.E. branches.
#germanic #indoeuro
Book uses a variety of evidence from archaeology and literature concerning Norse funeral customs to reconstruct their conception of future life, the soul of man, the cult of the dead, and the journey to the land of the dead.
Info focuses on the Norse traditions but it is applicable to probably all I.E. branches.
#germanic #indoeuro