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The Bronze age in Denmark

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The Bronze age in Denmark

Postby icelander93 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:56 pm



From wikipedia:

The Nordic Bronze Age (c. 1700-500 BC)
Succeeding the Late Neolithic culture, its ethnic and linguistic affinities are unknown in the absence of written sources.

Even though Scandinavians joined the European Bronze Age cultures fairly late through trade, Scandinavian sites present rich and well-preserved objects made of wool, wood and imported Central European bronze and gold. The Scandinavians adopted many important European and Mediterranean symbols while adapting these to create a unique Nordic style.

The foreign influence is believed to have been due to the amber trade. Amber found in Mycenaean graves from this period originates from the Baltic Sea, so it is reasonable to assume that the culture that arose in the Nordic Bronze Age constituted one supply end of the so-called Amber Road.

Not much is known about the Nordic Bronze Age religion, since written sources are lacking. However numerous archaeological finds draw a vague picture of what the religion might have been, but only some possible sects of it and only certain possible tribes. Some of the best clues to the religion of this period come from the rock carvings scattered through Northern Europe.

In general most scholars agree that the Bronze Age religion was centered around the sun or a sun god.
Remnants of the Bronze Age religion and mythology are believed to exist in Germanic/norse mythology; e.g., Skinfaxi, Hrímfaxi and Nerthus.
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