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Children of a One-Eyed God: Impairment in the Myth and Memory of Medieval Scandinavia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Using the lives of impaired individuals catalogued in the Íslendingasögur as a narrative framework, this study examines medieval Scandinavian social views regarding impairment from the ninth to the thirteenth century. Beginning with the myths and legends
Lawson, Michael David
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Influences of Pre-Christian Mythology and Christianity on Old Norse Poetry: A Narrative Study of Vafþrúðnismál [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In this study, McGillivray explores the cultural environment in which the Eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál was composed and re-examines the relationship between form and content in the poem and the respective influences of pre-Christian beliefs and Christian ...
McGillivray, Andrew E
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Mythic Discourses : Studies in Uralic Traditions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
"Mythic discourses in the present day show how vernacular heritage continues to function and be valuable through emergent interpretations and revaluations.

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'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In the eddic poem Hávamál, the god Óðinn gives advice, including a warning about the fickleness of human, and divine, nature. He cites his own flagrant deception of giants who trusted him in order to win the mead of poetry as evidence for this deep ...
Schorn, Brittany Erin
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Asgard Revisited:Old Norse mythology and national culture in Iceland, 1820-1918 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Deze studie richt zich op de ideologische cultivereing van Oudnoordse mythologie in de context van IJslands groeiende nationale zelfbewustzijn in de periode tussen ca. 1820 en 1918.
Halink, Simon
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Attitudes towards Paganism in Medieval Irish and Old Norse Texts of the Trojan War [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The thesis compares the depictions of paganism found in the Middle Irish Togail Troí (‘The Destruction of Troy’; first half of the twelfth century) and the Old Norse Trójumanna saga (‘The Story of the Trojans’; first half of the thirteenth century ...
Stanciu, Radu Razvan
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2, Symptom Profiles and Sero-Neutralization in a Suburban Area, France. [PDF]

open access: yesViruses, 2021
Gégout Petit A   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Andean Sprouted Pseudocereals to Produce Healthier Extrudates: Impact in Nutritional and Physicochemical Properties. [PDF]

open access: yesFoods, 2022
Paucar-Menacho LM   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Organisational Readiness to Implement School-Based Healthy Weight Interventions: A Mixed Methods Study Among Educational Administrators and Headteachers in Denmark

open access: yesGlobal Implementation Research and Applications
Poor implementation of public health interventions in schools highlights the need for implementation support. In 21 municipalities in the region of Southern Denmark, we assessed educational administrators’ and headteachers’ perceived organisational ...
K. Duus   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

\u3ci\u3eChaoskampf\u3c/i\u3e, Salvation, and Dragons: Archetypes in Tolkien\u27s Earendel [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Study of world-wide mythical archetypes in relation to Tolkien’s Eärendil. Lays out a broad array of evidence attesting to a complex of characteristics associated with a mythical morning-star character, chief among them an association with water, horses,
Tarcsay, Tibor
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