Being of Scandinavian descent and curious about pre-Christian belief structures, this essay is a wonderful read for its enlightening stories and examples of what was a part of their worldview. Thanks for a great read!
Thank you! This concept of the vård was well alive long into the 20' century. Stephen Kings book The Shining is called Varsel in swedish wich is when you get that feeling of meeting someone before you actually meet.
Great article! Quick nitpick though "vardøger (or vardøger with modern spelling)" in the linguistics section.
It reminds me of something Viktor Frankl says in Man's Search for Meaning about sensing his wife's presence, although she had already died in the camps, and again when he felt the presence of Dostoevsky if I remember correctly. I also definitely felt the same thing whilst reading it.
I literally didn't make the connection to sjukvård until you mentioned it.
That wasn't what I meant, I saw you mention in this in the article. It's just that I didn't realise that the word vård is in sjukvård until you mentioned it. You kept relating it to guarding, warding, protecting and later to care throughout, it just became so obvious when you pointed it out.
I though you had a clear and fluid way of explaining what, in essence, can be quite difficult to describe, the soul. I incorporated part of this information into a piece of writing I had been working on. I included a link to this article as a reference. If you prefer I not list your work as a source, I am alright to make the change. :)
Thank you! This is related to my research on Warewolfs in Scandinavia (basically all the extended nordic countries) since older beliefs how people could change into warewolfs were connected with their view on what a soul is.
In medival time there were a more fluid view on souls, even within the church. I've read a french article, that I think I saved, on the concept of humans having up to three souls.
Being of Scandinavian descent and curious about pre-Christian belief structures, this essay is a wonderful read for its enlightening stories and examples of what was a part of their worldview. Thanks for a great read!
Thank you! This concept of the vård was well alive long into the 20' century. Stephen Kings book The Shining is called Varsel in swedish wich is when you get that feeling of meeting someone before you actually meet.
Great article! Quick nitpick though "vardøger (or vardøger with modern spelling)" in the linguistics section.
It reminds me of something Viktor Frankl says in Man's Search for Meaning about sensing his wife's presence, although she had already died in the camps, and again when he felt the presence of Dostoevsky if I remember correctly. I also definitely felt the same thing whilst reading it.
I literally didn't make the connection to sjukvård until you mentioned it.
No, swedish is funny this way. Vård didn't mean care, but that how we use it today. I'm also planning a longer piece on vårdträd, the warden trees.
That wasn't what I meant, I saw you mention in this in the article. It's just that I didn't realise that the word vård is in sjukvård until you mentioned it. You kept relating it to guarding, warding, protecting and later to care throughout, it just became so obvious when you pointed it out.
I though you had a clear and fluid way of explaining what, in essence, can be quite difficult to describe, the soul. I incorporated part of this information into a piece of writing I had been working on. I included a link to this article as a reference. If you prefer I not list your work as a source, I am alright to make the change. :)
Thank you! This is related to my research on Warewolfs in Scandinavia (basically all the extended nordic countries) since older beliefs how people could change into warewolfs were connected with their view on what a soul is.
In medival time there were a more fluid view on souls, even within the church. I've read a french article, that I think I saved, on the concept of humans having up to three souls.
This was very interesting. Thank you so much for posting. I love learning how different cultures have similar supernatural beings.
Thank you for reading!