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- ISSN: 1782-7183
- E-ISSN: 2030-9902
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White-Christ
- Brepols
- Publication: Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, Volume 7, Issue 1, Jan 2011, p. 1 - 6
Abstract
Abstract
This article argues that the name Hvíta-Kristr, ‘White-Christ’, by which the God of the Christians came to be known in Scandinavia during the conversion period, should be taken as a Celticism introduced into Norse usage and not as evidence of religious syncretism.
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