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Religions, 2021 This article explores the way the character Athelstan serves as a narrative focal point in the popular television series Vikings. Using this series as its main case study, it addresses the question of the ways in which the character functions as a ...
Margaret Steenbakker
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Tolkien, Eucatastrophe, and the Re-Creation of Medieval Legend [PDF]
, 2017 Using comparative literary analysis, this essay examines three case studies from J.R.R. Tolkien’s oeuvre, in which Tolkien practiced eucatastrophic rewriting: his folk-tale, “Sellic Spell,” in which he re-creates the Old English poem Beowulf; his poem ...
Beal, Jane, PhD
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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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Archives of impact: The politics of craters on Earth
Geographical Research, Volume 64, Issue 2, May 2026.This paper examines Earth’s 195 confirmed impact craters as archives, exploring their cataloguing and presentation as heritage sites. It argues Western scientific framings using military language and emphasising catastrophe overlook settler colonialism’s violent histories and marginalise indigenous earth‐sky cosmologies.
Gareth Hoskins
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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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Religion, Alfar and Dvergar [PDF]
, 2014 En este artículo apuntamos a explorar la conexión entre dos tipos de entidades míticas colectivas, los álfar y los dvergar. Ponderamos críticamente la fiabilidad de las distintas fuentes y analizamos el modo en que esos seres son presentados en algunos ...
Barreiro, Santiago Francisco
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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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Waiting for a Release: The Expectation in Virtual Gaming Communities
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 25, Issue 2, Page 534-560, March 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines how virtual gaming communities influence and maintain player expectations before, during, and after a game's release. A mixed‐methods study was conducted, comprising a netnography followed by an experiment. First, a netnographic study was conducted over 12 months, tracking communities to understand player behavior and ...
Lucas Lopes Ferreira de Souza +4 more
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Cosmogony through division in Romanian and world mythology
Studii de Istorie a Filosofiei Româneşti, 2023 In this paper, an interpretation is attempted of the Romanian myth, “Legenda despre zidirea lumii”. Parallels are drawn with tales such as Genesis, the Babylonian narrative of Marduk constructing the world from Tiamat, and the Norse story of Odin ...
Robin Wildt Hansen
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