Animal Magic
The Mythological Significance of Elks, Boats and Humans in North Swedish Rock Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2390780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans Bolin (Stockholm University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-176 |
| Publication date | 2000-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Material Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/135918350000500202 |
| OpenAlex | W2016698444 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article discusses the mythological significance of the three most frequently occurring rock art motifs in the middle of northern Sweden, that is of elks, boats and humans. It is here suggested that the most frequently depicted motifs can be related directly to potency in societies practising shamanism during the Neolithic and Bronze Age. The close relationship between rock carvings/paintings and water is emphasized as important when understanding the mythological message expressed in the rock art. It is furthermore assumed that some of the images of elks, boats and humans may portray the experience of the ritual conductor in his/her attempt to communicate with the spiritual world
Motif (music · Rock art · Shamanism · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Engendering North European Rock Art
Animals as Agents
Old and New Approaches in Rock Art
Fantastic Beings and Where to Make Them ‒ Boats as Object-Beings in Bronze Age Rock Art
Horses, Fish and Humans
Understanding Palimpsest Rock Art with the Art as Agency Approach
On the Back of a Blue Elk
I am the Walrus
Between the Worlds. Rock Art, Landscape and Shamanism in Subneolithic Finland
Formation of Ethnic Identiy of the Indigenous Peoples of the North in Arts and Crafts on the Example of Bone Carving
An integrative examination of elk imagery in Middle Holocene Cis-Baikal, Siberia
Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World New Directions in Archaeology
Prey into Hunter
Kinship, Marriage and Traces of Social Interaction - Aspects on the hunter-gatherer societies in northern Sweden during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age
Crossing the border
Wrestling with Analogy
From the Milk River
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,52 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2024 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |