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REVISITING NORSE MYTHOLOGY: THE CASE OF A.S. BYATT’S RAGNARÖK [PDF]
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2023 In 2011, British author and Booker-prize winner A. S. Byatt publishes Ragnarök, her rewriting of the Norse myth about the death of the gods. Seen through the eyes of a thin child who is forced to witness the terrors of World War II, the story and ...
Cristina Mihaela NISTOR
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Ritual and Hierarchy in Old Norse Mythology
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2022 : Within Old Norse mythological narratives, the presence or absence of ritual establishes hierarchy. As exemplified in death ritual, ritual orders the two major classes of mythological beings, placing the Æsir (gods) above the jǫtnar (“giants”).
John Lindow
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RE-WRITING OLD NORSE MYTHOLOGY – SIRI PETTERSEN’S "ODINSBARN"
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2017 Re-writing Old Norse Mythology – Siri Pettersen’s Odinsbarn. The article focuses on one of the contemporary Norwegian novels that re-write Old Norse mythology.
Cristina VIȘOVAN
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Norse Mythology: Digital Illustration Design Applications
Studies in Art and Architecture, 2023 Norse mythology is an ancient and profound mythological system with high artistic value and cultural significance. Digital illustration design carries on the stories and images of Norse mythology culture through the artistic expression of images, allowing people to better understand and know the culture, stories and morals of Norse mythology.
Zhen Li
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Gods and Giants in Old Norse Mythology
Temenos - Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion, 1990 No abstract ...
Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson
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Trees as a Central Theme in Norse Mythology and Culture: An Archaeological Perspective
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2016 : This article, the inaugural winner of the journal’s Gurli Aagaard Woods Undergraduate Publication Award, combines the analysis of ancient literature with an archaeological approach in
Amanda Gilmore
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Of Monsters and Men: A Comparison of Greek and Norse Mythology in the Western Canon [PDF]
, 2013 Greek literature has long been considered the most valuable to Western culture, and it has been held up through the ages as a literary exemplar. While the western literary canon has often been revised and added to, we have never truly questioned the ...
A. T. S. Morrow
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Buried in water, burdened by nature-Resilience carried the Iron Age people through Fimbulvinter. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Levänluhta is a unique archaeological site with the remains of nearly a hundred Iron Age individuals found from a water burial in Ostrobothnia, Finland.
Markku Oinonen +15 more
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Fenja and Menja Moil at the Mill, A Visual Modern Interpretation of Female Role in Old Norse Mythology [PDF]
, 2015 for \u22Fenja and Menja Moil at the Mill\u22 Through my video installation I interpret an Old Norse myth in a new way. My aim is to replace the male gaze with my own while imagining the myth in a modern context.
Michelle Sparks
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