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“THE RAVEN”: AN ODYSSEY THROUGH NORSE MYTHOLOGY* [PDF]
, 2019 This study purports to find the correlation and the affinities between Edgar Allan Poe`s “The Raven” and the very aspect of Norse mythology. To do this, the tales from Norse Mythology will be juxtaposed through the lines of “The Raven”. In a way; it will be an odyssey through Norse mythology to the implications of Poe in his poem “The Raven”.
Kabak, Elif, Edman, Timuçin Buğra
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Beyond the Wall. Renaissance Embodiments of the Old Norse god Freyr
Between, 2022 In his Gespräch über die Poesie («Athenäum», III, 1800), Fr. Schlegel reworked some of the ideas put forward years earlier by J. G. Herder – in his controversy with J.
Marco Battaglia
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Reinventing the Yggdrasil: Hilma af Klint and Political Aesthetics
InFormation: Nordic Journal of Art and Research, 2018 The Yggdrasil, the holy tree of Norse mythology, is central to Hilma af Klint’s series of paintings from 1913/15: Tree of Knowledge. As with the Biblical Tree of Knowledge from Eden that is echoed in Christ’s cross, the Yggdrasil allows for the salvation
Jadranka Ryle
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In Search of a National Epic: The use of Old Norse myths in Tolkien's vision of Middle-earth
Approaching Religion, 2014 In this article some aspects of Tolkien’s work with regard to his relationship to folklore and nationalism are presented. It is also argued, contrary to Lauri Honko’s view of literary epics, that pre-literary sources constitute a problem for the creators
Tommy Kuusela
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Rechtsextremismus – Seine Bezüge auf die germanische Kultur und die nordisch-germanische Mythologie [PDF]
Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, 2023 In the review article is the book by Georg Schuppener disscused under the title “The shadows of the ancestors. The reception of Germanic culture on the German-speaking far right”.
Anna Gondek
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Do Thor and Odin Have Bodies? Superperception and Divine Intervention among the Old Norse Gods
Religions, 2019 In Old Norse mythology, gods like Freyja, Odin, and Thor are usually characterized as human-like creatures: they walk and ride animals, eat, grow old, and even die.
Declan Taggart
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The wolf's jaw: an astronomical interpretation of Ragnarok [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2018 This paper aims to explain the eschatological outbreak that occurred during the X century in Scandinavia and northern Europe, which gave rise to a great iconography of Ragnarok, stemmed primarily from the Old Norse mythology. Our basic hypothesis is that
Langer, J.
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The Warrior and the Cat: A Re-Evaluation of the Roles of Domestic Cats in Viking Age Scandinavia
Current Swedish Archaeology, 2019 The role of cats in Viking Age society is little investigated and has been dominated by uncritical adoptions of medieval mythology. Based on literary sources, the domestic cat is often linked to cultic spheres of female sorcery.
Matthias S. Toplak
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Norse mythology, textile object [PDF]
, 2022 Tato bakalářská práce se zabývá realizací textilního objektu na téma severskámytologie. Textilní objekt představuje světový strom Yggdrasil. Ten ztělesňuje spojení mezi všemi devíti světy, které v této mytologii existují.
Vlčková, Laura
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Culture des métavers et culture académique
Communication, 2015 Virtual worlds, or metaverses, should not be confused with video games. They are enduring digital universes, accessible 24/7 only on the Internet and in a constant state of change.
François-Gabriel Roussel
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