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Opening Perspectives on Folklore and Old Norse Mythology [PDF]
, 2021 Peer ...
Ahola, Joonas, Frog, Mr.
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Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2023 The volume Rewriting Norse Mythology in Contemporary Norwegian Literature. The Search for Identity in a Multicultural World by Cristina Vișovan appeared at the publishing house Casa Cărții de Știință from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in the collection "Nordica”
Paul-Daniel GOLBAN
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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
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, 2018 Nordijska mitologija, mitologija je naroda sa skandinavskog polutotoka. Jedna je od manje poznatih mitologija, no uvelike zastupljena u popularnoj kulturi danas. O nordijskoj mitologiji najviše doznajemo iz izvora „Edda“ iz 13.
Kanjir, Monika
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Self-Sacrifice and the Transformation of the Hero
Akademisk Kvarter, 2020 The literary notion of a hero is often steeped in great deeds, such as vanquishing the monster, completing Herculean tasks, or protecting the innocent from harm.
Dr Craig Smith
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Weapons in Legal Rituals: Between Myth and Reality
Viking, 2021 This article seeks to explore the significance of weapons in legal rituals mentioned in sources, such as sagas and laws. Similarities in the phrasing of various types of sources give reason to believe that it is possible to determine certain uses of ...
Anne Irene Riisøy
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Utopia Remembers: The Soviet Past in the Imagined Communist Future
The Russian Review, EarlyView.Abstract After a twenty‐five‐year hiatus, the reappearance of utopian literature in 1957 prompted Soviet literary watchdogs to corral the subgenre into an ideologically‐acceptable mold. A key requirement was for future generations to be depicted as reverently commemorating the past.
Antony Kalashnikov
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Loki's gender fluidity and bisexuality in Norse mythology and in modern adaptations [PDF]
, 2022 openIn Norse mythology, Loki was seen as a fluid entity who had the ability to change his gender. This dissertation will analyse how modern productions have adapted this characteristic of his – he is often portrayed as genderfluid, i.e.
MARTINELLI, ALICE
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Norse mythology in M.L. Kiser’s “Tree of Life” [PDF]
, 2019 This research discussed the depiction of Norse mythology and personification in M.L. Kiser’s “Tree of Life”. The aims of this research were to give a depictionof the Norse mythology about tree of life and to analyze the personification dealing with ...
Octofani, Bertha Praditya
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