THE FORMULA OF THE OATH ON THE HOLY RING AND THE HOLY FEAST AS THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE SACRED AND LEGAL CULTURE IN ANCIENT SCANDINAVIA
Article on the ON texts explores the basic elements of the traditional cult of the ancient Scandinavians: the Holy Feast (blótvejzla), religious objects used for committing the sacred feast, sacred godi’s ring. Analysis of texts in original sources (sagas and their terminology, Völuspá etc.) allowed the author to make a conclusion about the historicity of the Holy Feast, the main cult event in ancient Scandinavia. Almost complete identity of texts from the Holy oath on the godi’s ring in the «Landnámabók» and the oath on the Bible in «Brennu Nyáls saga» allows to draw a conclusion about the historicity of this archaic and the main legal formula