![]() ![]() Soul went with the name and the individual was restored Way represented the spiritual and intellectual element The personality, or rather the name in some mysterious Several scholars have commented on this, seeing it as a belief in transmigration of the soul among the Old Norse:Īccording to the pagan view the name was a part of Of the deceased, the possibilities for new forms of The child took place with the bestowal of the name Undoubtedly dominate, but as soon as it ceased toīe believed that reincarnation of the departed in Renamings of the child's great grandparent would Long as the old belief continued the cases of Love would perpetuate the practice after theīelief no longer existed in its old form. Old belief would practically decree it and filial If one or more of the grandparents were dead the Grandparent in a relatively large number of cases. Named after some other relative of the parents,Īs a cousin. ![]() Proportion of cases or again the child might be Or after an uncle in perhaps a somewhat larger The father only in a small proportion of cases, Have been very varied it could have been after Originally the naming of the first two sons must Only the departedĪncestor was, therefore, renamed so long as the Living members of the family if his/her name is The religious basis of the practice was that aĭeparted ancestor is reborn and again rejoins the Still "call up" deceased members of their families That the spirit of the beloved dead lived again Kindred, a custom resulting from a half belief In particular, were thus remembered by their Honored relatives, for the Northmen believed thatĬhildren would partake of the virtues of the ones It was very common to give children the names of In some way the child was believed to inherit with the name the gifts or personality of their namesake: this belief almost seems to have been one of reincarnation of the named relative in the new child once the name was bestowed. In general, parents named their children after a deceased relative or hero. Right click and choose "Save As" to save a copy locally to your computer. The PowerPoint notes for my 2004 class on Viking names and name construction is now available online in PDF form: ONNamesClass.pdf. Names of Scandinavians in the Byzantine Varangian Guard and in Russia.Old Norse Names Dear Viking Answer Lady: How did the People of the North choose names for their children? Could you perhaps list some first names and then, perhaps, an explaination of surnames? (signed) Viking Lady Without A Name ![]()
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