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The Spaewife’s Prophecy: A Verse Translation of the Norse Poem Vǫluspá, with an Introduction and Notes

Scandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2017
: The epic poem Vǫluspá, in which an ancient seeress foretells to Odin the tragic fate awaiting his son Baldr and the eventual destruction of the gods at Ragnarǫk, is an acknowledged masterpiece of medieval literature.
Judith Woolf
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The Light of Röskva: Mythic Trials and Heroic Ascend in Valhalla

Studien zur Deutschen Sprache und Literatur
This study examines Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (2019), directed by Fenar Ahmad, focusing on its creative adaptation of Norse mythology through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey framework.
Aybike Keleş, H. Can Boysan
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“Völuspá’ s divination” in Anglo-Scandinavian sculpture [PDF]

Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: История. Международные отношения
The article is devoted to the study of eschatological scenes from the “Divination of Völuspá” in Anglo-Scandinavian stone sculpture.
Nosova, Ekaterina S.
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Tolkien i wikingowie. Czyli o związkach J. R. R. Tolkiena z wiktoriańską literaturą na temat Północy

Creatio Fantastica, 2018
There is no doubt that Norman stories and myths were an important inspiration for John R. R. Tolkien who repeatedly stressed their significance for shaping his works and literary imagination. In the article Tolkien and the Vikings. On J. R. R.
Michał Leśniewski
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BOOK REVIEW: CRISTINA VIȘOVAN, “REWRITING NORSE MYTHOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY NORWEGIAN LITERATURE. THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN A MULTICULTURAL WORLD”, CLUJ-NAPOCA: CASA CĂRȚII DE ȘTIINȚĂ, 2021, 307 P. [PDF]

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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Neil Gaiman’s Use of Antiquity in Television Series: American Gods and Calliope

Clotho, 2023
American Gods (Starz 2017–2021) and The Sandman (Netflix 2022– ), two highly watchable audiovisual series are adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s popular novel (2001) and of his earlier comic book series (1989–1996).
Elżbieta Olechowska, Marta Pszczolińska   +1 more
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Was Guðmundr á Glasisvǫllum Irish?

Temenos, 2019
This article tackles the question of a possible Irish origin for the Old Norse literary figure Guðmundr á Glasisvǫllum. The images of Guðmundr, his realm Glasisvellir, and the sometimes associated territory of Ódáinsakr fluctuate in various ways in the ...
Felix Lummer
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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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Between Blinding and Enlightening: On Auden, Myth and Knowledge [PDF]

Polish Journal of English Studies, 2022
James George Frazer and Sigmund Freud confirmed the sustained but divided critical interest in myth characterizing modernity and ranging from eschewal to espousal.
Ladislav Vít
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Oscillating Whiteness: A Conceptual Framework for Analysing Transnational Ethno‐Racial Privilege

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article advances oscillating whiteness as a conceptual framework for analysing ethno‐racial privilege across geopolitical settings. The framework theorizes whiteness as a dynamic resource governed by four mechanisms: recognition (how bodies are classified as white), performativity (how whiteness is enacted through cultural scripts ...
Reza Hasmath
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