Background
Simek, Rudolf was born on February 21, 1954 in Eisenstadt, Austria. Son of Rudolf and Maria Simek. arrived in Germany, 1995.
(For two and a half thousand years, from 1500 BC to AD 100...)
For two and a half thousand years, from 1500 BC to AD 1000, a culture as significant as the classical civilisation of the Mediterranean world settled an immense area in northern Europe that stretched from Iceland to the Black Sea. But the sources of our knowledge about these societies are relatively few, leaving the gods of the North shrouded in mystery. In compiling this dictionary Rudolf Simek has made the fullest possible use of the information available -Christian accounts, Eddic lays, the Elder Edda, runic inscriptions, Roman authors (especially Tacitus), votive stones, place names and archaeological discoveries. He has adhered throughout to a broad definition of mythology which presents the beliefs of the heathen Germanic tribes in their entirety: not only tales of the gods, but beings from lower levels of belief: elves, dwarfs and giants; the beginning and end of the world; the creation of man, death and the afterlife; cult, burial customs and magic - an entire history of Germanic religion.
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historian Librarian university professor
Simek, Rudolf was born on February 21, 1954 in Eisenstadt, Austria. Son of Rudolf and Maria Simek. arrived in Germany, 1995.
Simek studied German literature, philosophy and Catholic theology in the University of Vienna, before becoming a librarian and a docent at the institution.
He taught among others in the universities of Edinburgh, Tromsø and Sydney. Since 1995 he is a Professor of German studies at the University of Bonn. Rudolf Simek is the editor-in-chief of Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia.
8 October 2013 Rudolf Simek received Honorary degree at the University of RzeszóWest
(For two and a half thousand years, from 1500 BC to AD 100...)
(A good book.)
Married Angela Hall, July 10, 1982. Children: Koloman, Benedict, Rosemarie.