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很少有学者会否认一些古挪威神话中有基督教神话,这一现象最早是19世纪考古学家和古物学家在观察英格兰北部盎格鲁-斯堪的纳维亚石雕时注意到的。因此,奇怪的是,尽管有着悠久的传统,却没有对这一主题进行系统的研究。不幸的是,这一野心超出了本文的范围,但它确实试图解决一些古挪威神话/传说,并将它们与基督教神话/传说联系起来。盎格鲁-斯堪的纳维亚工匠最重要的神话之一可能是sigur & r,他与基督有明显的相似之处。《伏鲁斯帕》中的末世叙事Ragnarök也是一个非常受欢迎的主题,在《圣经》的末世部分有明显的同源。Þórr和mi - gar - sormr,虽然对艺术家没有那么有吸引力,但强烈地回忆起基督与撒旦或利维坦之间的冲突。本文采用一种称为“形象解释”的理论方法来研究古挪威神话,并探索它们如何反映新宗教的某些神话。虽然在方法上具有明显的艺术历史,但本文也引用了一些相关的古挪威文本,这些文本本身可能受到基督教思想的影响。
Sigurðr, Þórr and Ragnarök and their Christian Counterparts
Few scholars would deny that some Old Norse myths have Christian counterparts, a phenomenon first noticed by nineteenth-century archaeologists and antiquarians in their observations of Anglo-Scandinavian stone sculpture in northern England. It is strange, therefore, that despite this long tradition, there is no systematic study on the topic. While this ambition is unfortunately outside the scope of this article, it does seek to address a number of Old Norse myths/legends and place them in conjunction with their Christian counterparts. One of the most important myths for Anglo-Scandinavian craftsmen was probably Sigurðr, who has an obvious parallel in Christ. The apocalyptic narrative in Voluspa known as Ragnarök was also a very popular subject and has a clear cognate in the apocalyptic sections of the Bible. Þórr and the Miðgarðsormr, though less appealing to artists, strongly recalls accounts of the conflict between Christ and Satan or Leviathan. This article uses a theoretical methodology called ‘figural interpretation’ to examine the Old Norse myths and explore how they reflect certain myths from the new religion. While distinctly art historical in approach, this article also invokes some Old Norse texts where relevant, which may themselves have been influenced by Christian thinking.