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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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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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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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Understanding marine biodiversity patterns and drivers: The fall of Icarus
Marine Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Biodiversity patterns are fundamental in our understanding of the distribution of life, ecosystem function, and conservation. In this concept analysis, A survey of the existing knowledge on marine biodiversity patterns and drivers across latitudes, longitudes, and depths indicates that none of the postulated patterns represent a rule.
Roberto Danovaro
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, 2020 This is a list of words or names that start with every digraph combination of 2 letters, except one.
Quiz, Alex J.
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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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Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England [PDF]
, 2008 Detailed analysis of the construction of gender identities has transformed our understanding of many aspects of early medieval society, yet the study of the Vikings in Britain has largely remained immune to this branch of scholarship.
Hadley, D.M.
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The Arctic—While the Ice is Melting: On Driftwood and Other Transnational Exhibition Stories
Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT The exhibition The Arctic—While the Ice is Melting opened at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm in 2019 and is still on show, describing life in a changing climate and allowing its visitors to encounter several voices and perspectives of the past, present, and future. The three‐year preparation for the exhibition involved collaboration between the
Lotten Gustafsson Reinius, Jon Johansson
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Ricœur’s Historical Intentionality and the Great Goddess Freyja
Temenos, 2020 The main question in this article concerns whether hermeneutic phenomenology as a methodology can address some of the problems and critiques raised in the study of religions. Inspired by Gilhus’s proposal in her article ‘The Phenomenology of Religion and
Ane Faugstad Aaro
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Interpretation of Map Symbols in the Context of Gamers’ Age and Experience
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022 In this article researchers examined the differences that may characterise selected groups of gamers with regard to age and time spent on playing a survival game, Valheim, confronted with their interpretation of map symbols used in the game.
Tymoteusz Horbiński, Krzysztof Zagata
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