The Visual Perception of Deities from the Palaeolithic to the Present: Faces of Gods
About this ebook
This book is a fusion of multiple independent investigations regarding visual interpretations of deities and religions over a period of 30,000 years. A survey about the psychological necessity for humans to create images of gods and goddesses provides the background for the book’s presentation of images of deities, placed in a historical context. An accompanying text supports the illustrations to position them accordingly.
About the author
Uta Herzog completed her Master’s in Applied Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia. She has worked in the field of psychology for over 40 years, both in various academic and clinical settings. She trained in a wide range of therapeutic approaches, and is currently in private practice in Sydney.
Rudolf Simek, PhD, held academic positions in Edinburgh and Vienna, and is currently Professor for Medieval German and Scandinavian Literature at the University of Bonn, Germany. His publications include books on early Germanic religion and culture and Vikings and Viking ships, as well as translations of Old Norse Sagas. His research interests include Early Medieval religion, Viking and Medieval Norse studies, Late Medieval religious literature, and the history of science in the Middle Ages. He served as advisor and presenter for nearly three dozen TV documentaries and one feature film.
Sirpa Aalto received her PhD in History at the University of Eastern Finland in 2010. Her thesis “Categorizing Otherness in the Kings’ Sagas” dealt with otherness and especially the Sámi in Old Norse literature. She is currently Adjunct Professor in Scandinavian Medieval History at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oulu, Finland. Her research interests include cultural contacts, the Viking Age and Medieval northern Europe, Sámi food culture, and hunting.
