Horgr in Norwegian names of mountains and other natural formations
Автор: Eldar Heide
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Paper given at the archaeology conference Viking Worlds, Oslo, 12 - 13 March 2013. - This paper approaches the problem of hǫrgr ‘a pagan cultic building / a (cultic) heap of stones / a (cultic?) hill or mountain’ from a new angle. The term and concept of hǫrgr m. (Old Swedish hargher) has received considerable attention from archaeologists in recent years, but it remains uncertain what a hǫrgr was because the Old Germanic textual and onomastic evidence is confusing. This paper will attempt to throw new light on this question by focusing on a part of the material that has not been much studied: the western Norwegian mountains that have hǫrgr names. Scholars who have discussed these names have argued that they only describe the terrain and have no religious significance. However, the mountains and hills in question often have legends or popular beliefs connected to them, or belong to a type that often has; and in addition, hǫrgr mountains are strongly connected with ancient roads, especially across mountain areas. Therefore, closer investigation of the hǫrgr mountains may increase our understanding of the whole hǫrgr complex. - Paper given at the archaeology conference Viking Worlds, University of Oslo, 12-13 March, 2013, by Eldar Heide, eldar-heide.net/
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