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Finding God(s) in Fantasylands: Religious Ideas in Fantasy Literature [PDF]
, 2013 The following paper analyzes how fantasy literature addresses the topic of religion. The discussion of the genre’s dependence on myths, supported by Mircea Eliade’s claims about the sacred and profane spheres of human life, offers an answer to the ...
Łaszkiewicz, Weronika
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The position of the individual gods and goddesses in various types of sources - with special reference to the female divinities [PDF]
, 1990 In the written sources the gods are arranged in a patriarchal family structure with Odin on the top. If we try to rank the gods in order of precedence on the basis of the number of instances in the toponymic material, Odin would be found a good way down
Mundal, Else
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Monitoring and projecting snow on Hawaii Island
Earth's Future, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 436-448, May 2017., 2017 Abstract The highest mountain peaks on Hawaii Island are snow covered for part of almost every year. This snow has aesthetic and recreational value as well as cultural significance for residents and visitors. Thus far there have been almost no systematic observations of snowfall, snow cover, or snow depth in Hawaii.
Chunxi Zhang +2 more
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Antikythera Mechanism and the Ancient World
Journal of Archaeology, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016 In this historical review, the opinions of Ancient Greece philosophers, astronomers, and poets such as Thales Milesian, Pythagoras, Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Archimedes, Cicero, Diogenes Laertius, Iamblichus, Plutarch, Homer, and Aratus about the planet position calculations and about the possibility of predictions of natural phenomena are analyzed ...
A. N. Safronov, I. Liritzis
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: A Psychological Theory of Dependency to Improve Quality of Life
The Scientific World Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 638-648, 2004., 2004 In this paper, we suggest a psychological theory of dependency as an escape from feeling existential suffering and a poor quality of life. The ways in which human beings escape hidden existential pains are multiple. The wide range of dependency states seems to be the most common escape strategy used.
Søren Ventegodt +4 more
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Art as a Channel and Embodiment of Symbolic Interaction Between Migrants and Non‐Migrants
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 410-440, August 2025.Many non‐migrant politicians, journalists, and scholars in migrant‐destination societies often represent migrants with self‐interested objectives and in specific instrumental ways based on stereotypes. Yet research on symbolic interaction reveals migrants are not passive victims.
Jacob Thomas
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Geo: Geography and Environment, Volume 12, Issue 2, July‐December 2025.Short Abstract This article introduces the principles of Situated Energy Ecologies to critique the socioecological injustices embedded in dominant energy transition paradigms. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Rajasthan, India, it challenges naturalistic ontologies and advocates for pluralistic approaches that center agropastoral and Indigenous ...
Shayan Shokrgozar, Siddharth Sareen
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The Book of Genesis and other allegorical origin stories of games
Orbis Litterarum, Volume 80, Issue 1, Page 1-18, February 2025.Abstract This essay delves into the complex interplay between the sacred and the ludic, with a particular emphasis on allegorical origin stories from various religious and mythological traditions, highlighting their portrayal of games and the concept of play. The analysis includes the Judaeo‐Christian Book of Genesis and the Babylonian Enuma Elish.
Bo Kampmann Walther
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Man, fate, and death in Indo-European tradition [PDF]
, 2004 This paper deals with Indo-European concepts concerning the human condition: the nature of man, the role of fate in shaping his life, his destiny in death. The evidence is partly drawn from linguistic material, partly from literary.
West, Martin Litchfield
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Camilla's traces: Movement as an analytical key to literary history
Orbis Litterarum, Volume 79, Issue 5, Page 405-422, October 2024.Abstract In this article, we develop a framework for the analysis of ‘movement’ in literary texts. We focus on characters, translation and transmission, thereby going beyond, on the one hand, a stylistic analysis of individual passages, and, on the other hand, the linear enchainment of scenes and summaries underlying much of the narratological ...
Eva von Contzen, Karin Kukkonen
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