Cosmological endurance: Pagan identities in early Christian Europe

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 382-396

  Hedeager, Lotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early christianity; German identity; German origin myths; Scandinavian animal style

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242706251     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146195719800100305     Document Type: Article

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